On 22 Mar 2007 at 18:08, John Howell wrote: > At 3:44 PM -0400 3/22/07, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > >Now, if you were say "rehearse next Saturday" when today is > >Thursday, half the band will show up in two days, the other half in > >nine days. However, the French-Canadians will ALL show up in two > >days, because the meaning of "samedi prochain" in French is perfectly > >clear, whereas it isn't in English, for some strange reason. > > That may also be a generational thing. I would show up in two days. > Our kids in 9 days!!
It might be regional. I'm pretty certain I'm closer to your age than your kids, and I'd show up in 9 days (raised in the Midwest). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
