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cavalierking
01/23/20 10:30:50 AM
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which wednesday is 'next wednesday'?


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k debonair
01/23/20 10:32:29 AM
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next Wednesday is the Wednesday of next week. This Wednesday was yesterday. But using the word "coming" helps to differentiate them.

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IfGodCouldDie
01/23/20 10:33:13 AM
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RedWhiteBlue posted...
I'd assume 29th but I'd ask for clarification


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The Trent
01/23/20 10:33:16 AM
#6:


this coming wednesday is the next wednesday in this scenario

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dave_is_slick
01/23/20 10:34:06 AM
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Obviously the week after, that's what that means.

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Kajagogo
01/23/20 10:35:28 AM
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Have fun getting yelled at on the 30th if you don't show.

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dave_is_slick
01/23/20 10:36:56 AM
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Kajagogo posted...
Have fun getting yelled at on the 30th if you don't show.
Not my fault since you gave me the wrong date.

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The Trent
01/23/20 10:38:04 AM
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dave_is_slick posted...
Obviously the week after, that's what that means.

there's always one who thinks it's everyone else
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dave_is_slick
01/23/20 12:08:31 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
wait, he's saying that he would assume it's the 5th?
Because that's what it is. Next Wednesday means next Wednesday, not this coming Wednesday.

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VanananaHeyHey
01/23/20 12:15:39 PM
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It would be the 29th. The only way it could have ambiguity is if they say "next Wednesday" on, like, Sunday the 19th and you weren't sure if they meant the 22nd or 29th. "This coming" is a way to clarify that you mean the upcoming in cases like that, but it's not the standard, expected English for it, "next" is.

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ChrisTaka
01/23/20 12:18:12 PM
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The 5th. If they meant the 29th they should have said this Wednesday

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Tenmyouji
01/23/20 12:23:16 PM
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RedWhiteBlue posted...
I'd assume 29th but I'd ask for clarification

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Paragon21XX
01/23/20 12:24:22 PM
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"Next _day" to me almost always means "_day of next week" which would be the 29th in this case.
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uwnim
01/23/20 12:25:36 PM
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ChrisTaka posted...
The 5th. If they meant the 29th they should have said this Wednesday
This Wednesday was yesterday though.

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ROBANN_88
01/23/20 12:26:09 PM
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if it's said on a Thursday, it's the closest coming wednesday.
if it's said on a Tuesday, i would think it's 8 days away

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ChrisTaka
01/23/20 12:32:51 PM
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uwnim posted...
This Wednesday was yesterday though.

No that's last Wednesday

(but you're not gonna say it for this case cuz last Wednesday was literally yesterday, if it was Friday then you'd say last Wednesday)

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ocelot51
01/23/20 12:41:26 PM
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I would have never thought this was ambiguous until this topic. I would never believe believe next Wednesday to be anything but the 29th. Though I always qualify dates such with 'next Wednesday, the 29th'.
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pkmnlord
01/23/20 12:44:29 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
this coming wednesday but they said it like an idiot


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The Trent
01/23/20 1:39:34 PM
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dave_is_slick posted...
Because that's what it is. Next Wednesday means next Wednesday, not this coming Wednesday.

poll is showing you to have a low understanding of how this works
but i appreciate your ability to fault everyone else instead

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SauI_Goodman
01/23/20 1:43:53 PM
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next wednesday is this wednesday. everybody knows that.

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UnholyMudcrab
01/23/20 1:45:25 PM
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I'm not really seeing how this could mean anything other than the Wednesday of next week, the 29th.

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dave_is_slick
01/23/20 3:02:36 PM
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The Trent posted...
poll is showing you to have a low understanding of how this works
but i appreciate your ability to fault everyone else instead
I mean, I'm not taking CE' s opinion as fact on anything, y'all have proven multiple time you're detached from reality.

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Evening_Dragon
01/23/20 3:03:47 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
this coming wednesday but they said it like an idiot


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Sada_Pop
01/23/20 3:04:59 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
I'm not really seeing how this could mean anything other than the Wednesday of next week, the 29th.

Same here. I'm legit confused.

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ThePrinceFish
01/23/20 3:08:49 PM
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Next Wednesday would be the next Wednesday to arrive.

Not sure how anyone could possibly say that "next" Wednesday is actually two Wednesdays away.

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ChrisTaka
01/23/20 3:14:01 PM
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Sada_Pop posted...
Same here. I'm legit confused.

For something to come "next" it has to come after something. So when people say "Next Wednesday" people (like myself) see that as the Wednesday that's after the first Wednesday. The 29th is this upcoming Wednesday and the 5th is "The Next Wednesday"

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linid0t
01/23/20 3:16:29 PM
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It's the Wednesday of next week. That would be the 29th
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cuttin_in_farm
01/23/20 3:17:00 PM
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ChrisTaka posted...
For something to come "next" it has to come after something


60, 61, 62, 63, ___

Whats the next number? Lol if you say 65.

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NinjaBreakfast
01/23/20 3:17:11 PM
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i accidentally voted for the bottom option but i meant to pick the top one

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ChrisTaka
01/23/20 3:18:02 PM
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linid0t posted...
It's the Wednesday of next week. That would be the 29th

So then if it was Monday and someone said "next Wednesday" would that be two Wednesday days away?

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UnholyMudcrab
01/23/20 3:18:40 PM
#34:


ChrisTaka posted...
For something to come "next" it has to come after something

Yes, and that "something" is today.
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cuttin_in_farm
01/23/20 3:21:02 PM
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ChrisTaka posted...
So then if it was Monday and someone said "next Wednesday" would that be two Wednesday days away?

This is a better scenario. I would assume the Wednesday after this one if it was on Monday

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ThePrinceFish
01/23/20 3:22:00 PM
#36:


ChrisTaka posted...
So then if it was Monday and someone said "next Wednesday" would that be two Wednesday days away?
This at least makes sense. I'd still say that the next Wednesday is the next one to arrive, but I can at least see the "this" vs "next" Wednesday argument.

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ChrisTaka
01/23/20 3:32:46 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
This at least makes sense. I'd still say that the next Wednesday is the next one to arrive, but I can at least see the "this" vs "next" Wednesday argument.

Yeah, it just seems werid to me that a phrase would change in meaning depending on what day it is.

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The Trent
01/24/20 10:10:57 AM
#39:


dave_is_slick posted...
it's not me, it's the 92% of you that are wrong and detached from reality!


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dave_is_slick
01/24/20 12:58:02 PM
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Well, yeah. Most of the time what y'all assert as fact is so far away from reality.

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thronedfire2
01/24/20 12:59:55 PM
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ChrisTaka posted...
No that's last Wednesday

(but you're not gonna say it for this case cuz last Wednesday was literally yesterday, if it was Friday then you'd say last Wednesday)

If it was Friday and I was talking about the Wednesday that just happened I would just say Wednesday not last Wednesday

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NeonOctopus
01/24/20 1:01:20 PM
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Calwings
01/24/20 1:35:46 PM
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linid0t posted...
It's the Wednesday of next week. That would be the 29th

cuttin_in_farm posted...
I would assume the Wednesday after this one if it was on Monday

This. I've never once heard someone use the phrase "next Wednesday" on a Monday or Tuesday when they meant the Wednesday of the same week. Sunday is debatable because some people consider Sunday the start of a new week but some consider it to be Monday.
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LinkPizza
01/24/20 1:37:55 PM
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Could Next Wednesday mean the very next Wednesday? Which would be the 29th?
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Dat_Cracka_Jax
01/24/20 1:40:14 PM
#46:


uwnim posted...
This Wednesday was yesterday though.
Last Wednesday

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dave_is_slick
01/24/20 4:14:11 PM
#47:


LinkPizza posted...
Could Next Wednesday mean the very next Wednesday? Which would be the 29th?
Nope, as you'd say "this Wednesday" if you meant that.

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LinkPizza
01/24/20 8:32:01 PM
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dave_is_slick posted...
Nope, as you'd say "this Wednesday" if you meant that.

I wouldnt. Nor have I really heard anyone say it like that. Because thats weird. Id only say this Wednesday if it was Sunday - Tuesday. Even on a Saturday (and possibly Friday), I might say this coming Wednesday. But next Wednesday works, as well... Which is probably why when people say this Wednesday on a Thursday or Friday, people correct you saying, You mean next Wednesday? Since you them, this Wednesday is already over. Because its the same week and all. And Wednesday just happened... And you wouldnt say last Wednesday on a Thursday if you meant yesterday...
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ChrisTaka
01/24/20 10:34:08 PM
#49:


LinkPizza posted...
And you wouldnt say last Wednesday on a Thursday if you meant yesterday...

I already said that

ChrisTaka posted...
No that's last Wednesday

(but you're not gonna say it for this case cuz last Wednesday was literally yesterday, if it was Friday then you'd say last Wednesday)


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