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!!
John
Naw, it isn't generational -- I'd show up in 9 days and my wife would
show up in 2. So we've learned to be very careful to say "this coming
Saturday" which is a pretty good transliteration of the French "samedi
prochain" when we mean 2 days and next Saturday as meaning not THIS
Saturday but the following one, 9 days later.
And my wife and I agree that no matter what the situation, no matter how
clear anything is to one party, it will be totally confusing to the
other party.
--
David H. Bailey
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