Settle a Dispute

• se-alum

  

  Say your buddy calls you this morning and says, "Let's go to the ballgame next Tuesday". In your mind, does that mean the Tuesday coming up or the following Tuesday after the one upcoming?
• Thinthickbigred

  If he asked you on that Monday I would assume he ment 8 days from now . If he asked you on Friday I would think he ment coming up . Sunday would be gray area and Saturday I would lean on the first Tuesday
• FatHobbit

  

  If he says next Tuesday, I would assume he meant the next Tuesday coming up. (from today that would be Aug 9th)
• thePITman

  

  Thinthickbigred;852284 wrote:If he asked you on that Monday I would assume he ment 8 days from now . If he asked you on Friday I would think he ment coming up . Sunday would be gray area and Saturday I would lean on the first Tuesday

  
  These are my thoughts, as well. In that gray Sunday time frame, I would normally say "this coming Tuesday" or "the next Tuesday". There definitely is a gray area that can be hard to define.
• Sonofanump

  Four days from now.
• thavoice

  Yeah...i would think the next tuesday.
  
  If he asked on like Sunday and said NEXT tuesday i would htink the tuesday after the one in two days. If he said "wanna go to the game tuesday" I would think in two days. If on sunday he said next tuesday then a week plus away
• thePITman

  

  My girlfriend and I used to get into this argument ALL THE TIME! She'd be giving me directions from the passenger seat - "Turn right at the next light." So I would go to turn right at the next light, and she would say "No, the NEXT light!" Grr.
• se-alum

  

  My philosophy is this, if I mean the Tuesday coming up, I say "this" Tuesday, if I mean the one after that, I say "next" Tuesday, no matter what day. Now if it's Tuesday, and I say next Tuesday, than that would be the one a week from now.
• WebFire

  Thinthickbigred;852284 wrote:If he asked you on that Monday I would assume he ment 8 days from now . If he asked you on Friday I would think he ment coming up . Sunday would be gray area and Saturday I would lean on the first Tuesday

  
  Exactly this.
• NNN

  

  "Next Tuesday" means "the Tuesday after this week". "This Tuesday" means "the Tuesday within this week".
  
  I should clarify that "this week" refers to "the next seven days", not necessarily a set Sunday-to-Saturday time frame. So if it's a Friday, "this Tuesday" means "four days from now"; "next Tuesday" means "11 days from now".
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Learned this from an Amish guy...
  
  Tuesday would mean the next Tuesday closest to today. Tuesday plus a week would mean just that.
  
  Pretty sure that should clear everything up for you all.
• enigmaax

  NNN;852330 wrote:"Next Tuesday" means "the Tuesday after this week". "This Tuesday" means "the Tuesday within this week".
  
  I should clarify that "this week" refers to "the next seven days", not necessarily a set Sunday-to-Saturday time frame. So if it's a Friday, "this Tuesday" means "four days from now"; "next Tuesday" means "11 days from now".

  
  I would even say if it were meant to be "this" Tuesday, most people would just say, "Do you want to go to a game on Tuesday?"
  
  "Next" (insert specific day) should and virtually always does mean the second of that specific day following the conversation.
• enigmaax

  NNN;852330 wrote:"Next Tuesday" means "the Tuesday after this week". "This Tuesday" means "the Tuesday within this week".
  
  I should clarify that "this week" refers to "the next seven days", not necessarily a set Sunday-to-Saturday time frame. So if it's a Friday, "this Tuesday" means "four days from now"; "next Tuesday" means "11 days from now".

  
  I would even say if it were meant to be "this" Tuesday, most people would just say, "Do you want to go to a game on Tuesday?"
  
  "Next" (insert specific day) should and virtually always does mean not the second of that specific day following the conversation.
• Belly35

  

  “Next” Latin. Proximus, which means nearest, closest
  
  Belly thinking: I have 5 women in the room that what to pleasure me. The first one starts and we finish … I say “Next” does that mean I skip number 2 women and moved to number 3.
  …. Next is Next not past one to the Next..
• enigmaax

  Belly35;852353 wrote:“Next” Latin. Proximus, which means nearest, closest
  
  Belly thinking: I have 5 women in the room that what to pleasure me. The first one starts and we finish … I say “Next” does that mean I skip number 2 women and moved to number 3.
  …. Next is Next not past one to the Next..

  
  If you are the "next" in line, you aren't the first in line.
• gorocks99

  

  I usually feel "next" refers to the next calendar week as in "I'll see you next (week) Thursday." So, if I say "next Thursday" on the preceeding Tuesday, it is referring to the Thursday in the next calendar week. If I just say "Thursday" it is referring to two days from now.
• Sykotyk

  

  thePITman;852317 wrote:My girlfriend and I used to get into this argument ALL THE TIME! She'd be giving me directions from the passenger seat - "Turn right at the next light." So I would go to turn right at the next light, and she would say "No, the NEXT light!" Grr.

  
  Hopefully the sex is worth it. My wife can go haywire on trying to give directions as well.
  
  
  As for next Tuesday or this Tuesday... it's all in context. Without a qualifier, it's assumed the first Tuesday you reach is the one in question. "Want to go to the game Tuesday?" It's implied we're talking about the one 1-6 days away. There's no ambiguity in that question.
  
  The problem is when you add "next" to the question, the askee (I made that up) assumes by default you're not meaning the first Tuesday we hit, because you used a qualifier in your statement. There's no need to add 'next' when you mean the first Tuesday we come to. Why would you? That's like owning only one car and telling your friends to go for a ride with you and "We'll take my blue car". No shit Sherlock. You only own one. You don't need to qualify the statement. There is already no ambiguity. You own one blue car. Therefore, if you want to take your car, they know which one it is.
  
  By throwing out a qualifier, you're implying you have more than one car. Now, if you own two cars, that are both blue, and you say "We'll take my blue car." You're an a*****e for adding a qualifier that doesn't relieve an ambiguity. You took the time to add the word 'blue' but not enough time to make sure you defined which.
  
  Same thing with 'next'. Next is implied. Adding 'next' is signaling there's something unusual about this request that's not apparent. It's not this one, but the one after. Why add the qualifier.