On Friday, March 31, 2017 09:45:59 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 02:34:26PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Great - all fine in theory. But you try announcing a meeting that way!!! > > Here in England we debate it, meaning that I and my husband disagree. > > When I say "next Thursday", I mean the Thursday next week. When he says > > next Thursday he means the next Thursday to arrive, i.e. this Thursday. > > We are both English, but I Cockney-born and he Yorkshire. > > For whatever it's worth, here in Ohio, "next Thursday" would mean the > Thursday that occurs in the next calendar week. "This Thursday" means > the Thursday that occurs (or occurred) in the current calendar week, > though you'd need to use the past tense when saying it today, or people > would get very confused.
Interesting! (I guess I've run into that meaning without really realizing it...) > If you want to be clear, just include the numeric date. Your meeting > would be "Thursday, April 6th". > > English is hilarious. +10
