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- From: smawer@datlog.co.uk (Steve Mawer)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: "This" weekend vs. "Next" weekend
- Message-ID: <Bs7EEE.Cpy@datlog.co.uk>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 13:20:38 GMT
- References: <1992Jul25.064116.13892@news.columbia.edu> <oeQibGu00awAQ6jEwK@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Jul27.141850.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au> <SLAGLE.92Jul27152542@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com (Mark Slagle) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul27.141850.1@wombat.newcastle.edu.au>, eepjm@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
-
- >> Usually I try to avoid the ambiguity by using phrases like:
- >> this coming Saturday (the very next Saturday to arrive)
- >> Saturday week (about a week and a half from now)
- >> Is the construct "Saturday week" used outside Australia?
-
- >Couldn't say. I'd never heard of it until now.
-
- I could. I use it all the time in England (well not all the time, but when
- it's relevant). And don't forget "Saturday fortnight" is the Saturday after
- Satuday week.
-
- > If I
- >understand your definition correctly, I would refer to
- >the day in question as "a week from Saturday".
-
- I might say "a week Saturday" as an alternative to "Saturday week". (But
- what do we pommie/limey b*****ds know about it :-)).
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