Poll: Language usage, really. Very srs bznz. *nods*

[caffienekitty]

Okay. I need to know.

When is 'next Thursday'?

I know, I know, 'Not soon enough' et cetera, but I mean, is 'Next' Thursday considered to be the next day named Thursday or the one the week after the next day named Thursday?

So looking at it from today being the 22nd of September...
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(No spoilers please!!!! :-D)

Comments

[kroki-refur.livejournal.com]

CHEESE WHEELS ON THURSDAY!

[caffienekitty]

ZOMG DOOD! SPOILERZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

*Covers eyes and simultaneously beats you over the head with a wedge of sharpened parmesan*

[kroki-refur.livejournal.com]

FUCK I FORGOT NOT TO SPOIL YOU.

[caffienekitty]

THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THE CHEESE WHEELS ARE INEVITABLE!

[gigglingkat]

It's ok. At least you didn't tell her that Casteil shares the cheese wheel with Ellen.

She'd've defriended you.

[caffienekitty]

IT IS SO ON NOW!!!!11!!! DON'T MAKE ME USE THE LIMBURGER GRENADES!!!!

[sandrinnad.livejournal.com]

'Next Thursday' is definitely not 'This Thursday', but 'The Next Thursday' is :D



oh, and hee!!!! :D

[caffienekitty]

See, to me, 'next' [FITDay of the week] is the next day named that, so Sep 25th to me is 'next Thursday' (and also 'this Thursday' which gets even more confusing). October 2nd is 'a week from Thursday'. This is probably why I'm always late going to places, because my sense of time is out of step with the world at large.

So, long story short, if you want me to be somewhere on a given day, specify the date. :-D

[havenward.livejournal.com]

I've always used "this Thursday" to mean the Thursday closest to now (unless yesterday was Thursday, because that's last Thursday) whereas next Thursday is the one after that, with the caveat that if today is Thursday, this Thursday is that Thursday.

... and now its possible Thursday is confusing me. Maybe Castiel will save me, since Thursday is his day...

[caffienekitty]

See and I use 'this' and 'next' interchangably which I'm beginning to realize is probably confusing the crap out of people. Last Thursday is last Thursday though, or 'this past Thursday'.

Maybe Castiel will save me, since Thursday is his day...

Yes! Castiel will have the answer! Hee! Good catch!

[lnhart.livejournal.com]

Last Thursday I downloaded the premiere from iTunes. Ever since, it's been Thursday. I don't anticipate that this will change any time soon.

To quote my vote, "Thuuuuuuurrrssddaaaayyy." (Not sure that's the correct spelling.)

[caffienekitty]

Hee! Awesome. Extra awesome because the iTunes downloads are something the network watches, I think :--D

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

I just want to use this icon...

[caffienekitty]

*grabby hands*

[rieyll.livejournal.com]

Hee. Like everyone else says, 'next Thursday' refers to the Thursday which comes after this Thursday.

I used to get confused all the time too.

[caffienekitty]

It's running dead 50/50 in the poll right now... I always know what I mean when I talk about 'next' whateverday, but I'm starting to see why people are sometimes confused by that. I wonder if maybe it's a regional thing, like 'pop' versus 'soda'. Hm.

Regardless, exact dates rule. :-)

Studied linguistics

[quettalinde.livejournal.com]

Though that probably has little bearing on my answer, really… >>

It depends on what day of the week it is. Friday through Sunday, "next Thursday" is the nearest one. Monday through Thursday, "next Thursday" is the one in the following week. Also, if I'm referring to "next Thursday" and want to make sure I'm talking about the one over a week away, I'll often extend the 'n' and put a bit more stress on "next" in general. That could just be me though.

Why is this important?

Oh, and THURSDAY! \O.O/

Re: Studied linguistics

[caffienekitty]

Gah! It burns! That's way too complex for my brain :-D

It came to mind today because I saw a post that said something about the US election hijacking the airwaves being "next Thursday" and I thought they were talking about the 25th of September, but they weren't, and it brought to mind a couple occasions where people were discussing when to shedule meetings and so forth and having great long involved 'Who's On First?' style conversations as a result about when 'next xday' was and people getting frustrated. So I did a poll to see if it was just me or if there was a more general variance of opinion. And also to be silly.

I think from now on, since it seems to be about 50/50, I'll be referring to specific dates whenever possible. :-/

Re: Studied linguistics

[quettalinde.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Linguist…. I guess we're just trained to overanalyze everything? ^^6

Ah. I get it now. You were worried you'd have to wait two weeks until the next episode. This is understandable. ^.^ Words like "this" and "next" and "there" are some of the most confusing. I won't go into why, because if you thought I was bad before…. Heheh."Who's On First?" routines are always fun in hindsight, though. Or is that just me, too?

Sounds like a plan. :)

[longhairedlady.livejournal.com]

YAY FOR FRIDAYS AND KIND PIRATES! I'm highly interested in the results of your srs poll, too *nods*

[caffienekitty]

I try not to think of it as piracy as much as an advance screener for the DVDs. ;-)

I'm kind of surprised at how dead even the poll is. I figured I was either wrong or right, but it looks like it's an either/or kind of thing. I'm thinking it might be regional or generational. The result of the poll seems to be pointing towards 'just use the damned date' :-D