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When is this weekend? When is next weekend?

kenny

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Let's use the calendar below. (It happens to be Feb 2007.)
If today was Wednesday the 14th and someone said, "next weekend" would they be referring to the 17/18th, or the 24/25th?

What if they said, "this weekend"?
Does that refer to the weekend in the past, the 10/11th, or the 17/18th?

I ask because someone in the PS 2.0 thread just used, "this weekend" to refer to the one that just past - also today is Thursday so we are closer to the weekend in the future than the one in the past.

How do you use these terms?
Does everyone around you use the terms the same way, or is it clarification ever needed?

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For me, this weekend, means the upcoming weekend. Today being the 3rd, I''d be referring to the 5th/6th. If I said NEXT weekend, I''d be meaning the one, a week from now - the 12th/13th.
 
Hmm...I''m not sure I''m correct, but if it''s Wednesday the 14, and I''m referring to the 17th and 18th, I say "this weekend". If I''m referring to the 24th and 25th, I say "next weekend". If I''m referring to the weekend that has past, I say "last weekend" or "this past weekend".

I guess you could also go by the tense of the verb, as in "I went to the beach this weekend." I don''t think I''d say that, though. I''d probably say "I went to the beach last weekend."
 
I definitely refer to the upcoming weekend as this weekend, and the weekend after as next weekend.
 
i get confused by this as well.

here is what i always say:
"this past weekend" to refer to the weekend that just happened.
"this coming weekend" to refer to the weekend that is happening next.
"not this, but next weekend" to refer to the following weekend.
 
I say this weekend is the one coming up. In your calendar that would be 17th and 18th. Next weekend would be the 24th and 25th. The past weekend is tricky because it does feel odd to say "last weekend" when it''s early in the week. I do often refer to the weekend that just occurred as "this weekend" but I think I''m pretty clear in context...as in "What DID you do this weekend?"

On a side note, DH always refers to days by their proper name and it drives me nuts. For example, it''ll be Tuesday and he''ll say "Don''t forget we have a doctor''s appointment on Wednesday." I always respond - "Do you mean TOMORROW?" or he''ll say "I gave the dog a bath on Monday." to which I''ll reply "Do you mean YESTERDAY?" I don''t know why this bugs me but it gets me every time!
 
This weekend = the upcoming weekend.

Last weekend, or "this past weekend" = the one that just happened.

My birthday was not on any weekend, per your calendar page. "That" must not be "this" year. ;-)
 
This weekend is pretty clear, referring to the upcoming weekend.

Next weekend, seems like people use it differing ways, sometimes as this weekend, sometimes the one after that which can cause confusion.

That''s why when I mean next weekend, I say the following weekend, such as, "what are we doing the following weekend?"
 
Date: 6/3/2010 1:18:02 PM
Author: charbie
i get confused by this as well.

here is what i always say:
''this past weekend'' to refer to the weekend that just happened.
''this coming weekend'' to refer to the weekend that is happening next.
''not this, but next weekend'' to refer to the following weekend.
I usually do this too. It avoids confusion.


I talked with my grandparents on the phone a few days ago to invite them to visit. Grandma said they were going to be busy "this weekend". Grandpa said they were going to be busy "next weekend".


I''m still not sure when they are going to be out of town.
 
Date: 6/3/2010 1:18:02 PM
Author: charbie
i get confused by this as well.

here is what i always say:
''this past weekend'' to refer to the weekend that just happened.
''this coming weekend'' to refer to the weekend that is happening next.
''not this, but next weekend'' to refer to the following weekend.
lol I say this too!
 
Well, I'm glad it isn't just me.

I am very surprised that after all this time the English language still has this problem.

We can put a man on the moon but . . .
 
For those of you who speak another language, does that language have this problem too?
 
Date: 6/3/2010 1:16:20 PM
Author: junebug17
Hmm...I''m not sure I''m correct, but if it''s Wednesday the 14, and I''m referring to the 17th and 18th, I say ''this weekend''. If I''m referring to the 24th and 25th, I say ''next weekend''. If I''m referring to the weekend that has past, I say ''last weekend'' or ''this past weekend''.


I guess you could also go by the tense of the verb, as in ''I went to the beach this weekend.'' I don''t think I''d say that, though. I''d probably say ''I went to the beach last weekend.''

Ditto. I might say "I went to the beach this weekend" if it''s Monday morning or something, but I''d be more likely to say "I went to the beach over the weekend" or "last weekend".
 
Lordy, Kenny, are you and DF in a trivial pursuit question-asking contest????!
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How you guys even think this stuff up...
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If this was Wednesday, Feb. 14th, and someone said "this weekend," I''d think he''d be talking about the 17th and 18th. I''d consider the previous weekend to be "this past weekend" or "last weekend."

If someone said "next weekend," I''d consider that to be the weekend of the 24th and 25th. If I was making plans though, I''d confirm which weekend we were talking about to make sure we were on the same page.
 
Junebug, I should have just dittoed you!
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ETA: So, just out of curiosity, do you consider the start of a new week to be a Sunday or Monday? I think technically the beginning of a new week is on a Sunday, but not in my world. I live by a school/work calendar, and to me, the beginning of a new week is when we all typically go back to work -- Monday.
 
Date: 6/3/2010 4:15:44 PM
Author: Zoe
ETA: So, just out of curiosity, do you consider the start of a new week to be a Sunday or Monday? .

I think of the week starting on Sunday, probably because almost all calendars I've seen put Sunday on the far left column, like the one above.
Of course, if someone asked me when the work week started I'd say Monday.
 
Dh and I argue about this quite often actually. I believe that THIS always means the upcoming one, and NEXT almost always means the one after the upcoming one. Dh thinks NEXT should mean the upcoming one. We''ve learned to accept that we won''t agree on it, so when we start to argue, we just switch to using dates.
 
If today is Wednesday the 14th, then . . .

The weekend of the 10th/11th = last weekend
The weekend of the 17th/18th = this weekend
The weekend of the 24th/25th = next weekend
 
To me, "this weekend" always means the upcoming weekend -- unless it''s Monday, and "this weekend" is used with the past tense (e.g. "we went to Yosemite this weekend"), then it''s clear it''s the weekend just past.

"Next weekend" is the weekend after the one coming up.
 
to ME "this" weekend is the one that is coming or that we''re on and it changes on monday. From monday on it is "this weekend" with "next" weekend being in like 10 days. "This" weekend is still "this" weekend on saturday and sunday.
 
Date: 6/3/2010 4:05:55 PM
Author: Lynn B
Lordy, Kenny, are you and DF in a trivial pursuit question-asking contest????!
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My answer was carefully worded, with that thought in mind. hehe
 
Date: 6/3/2010 1:16:20 PM
Author: junebug17
Hmm...I''m not sure I''m correct, but if it''s Wednesday the 14, and I''m referring to the 17th and 18th, I say ''this weekend''. If I''m referring to the 24th and 25th, I say ''next weekend''. If I''m referring to the weekend that has past, I say ''last weekend'' or ''this past weekend''.

I guess you could also go by the tense of the verb, as in ''I went to the beach this weekend.'' I don''t think I''d say that, though. I''d probably say ''I went to the beach last weekend.''
This. Exactly.

SO and I just got in an argument about it a few days ago, actually.
 
I''ve reviewed all the messages here and have come to the conclusion that "next weekend" ALWAYS follows "this weekend"!
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But seriously, I mostly like, use, and agree with the way Irishgrrrl put it (although I probably more often refer to "last weekend" as "this past weekend" or "over the weekend":






If today is Wednesday the 14th, then . . .

The weekend of the 10th/11th = last weekend
The weekend of the 17th/18th = this weekend
The weekend of the 24th/25th = next weekend
 
Date: 6/4/2010 2:27:33 PM
Author: treefrog
If today is Wednesday the 14th, then . . .


The weekend of the 10th/11th = last weekend

The weekend of the 17th/18th = this weekend

The weekend of the 24th/25th = next weekend

When all three weekends are listed together I'd guess everyone would agree with you.

The problem is, in most conversations, only one weekend is usually mentioned.
 
Date: 6/4/2010 5:27:57 PM
Author: kenny

Date: 6/4/2010 2:27:33 PM
Author: treefrog
If today is Wednesday the 14th, then . . .


The weekend of the 10th/11th = last weekend

The weekend of the 17th/18th = this weekend

The weekend of the 24th/25th = next weekend

When all three weekends are listed together I''d guess everyone would agree with you.

The problem is, in most conversations, only one weekend is usually mentioned.
But that''s what I would say in conversation, too. Like, if we have a conversation on Wednesday the 14th, and I told you I''m going to the zoo this weekend, that would mean the 17th/18th.
 
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