Re: USAGE: How to say This Week?

On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:53:59 -0400 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:
> Dan Sulani scripsit:
> >     A recent (and very loud :-)  ) misunderstanding
> > between my daughter and myself got me to wondering
> > how to designate, in our conlangs, the current
> > week we are in, the week following the current week,
> > and the previous week.
> >     (FWIW, the misunderstanding came about because
> > although we were both speaking English, my daughter
> > was probably thinking in Hebrew. This matters because
> > in English, "this week" refers to the current week.
>
> Additionally, there is a disagreement between different
> English-speakers
> as to the meaning of "this Tuesday".  For some (including me), it is
> the first Tuesday after today.  For others (including my wife), it
> is
> the Tuesday belonging to this week, whether or not that has already
> passed.
> We both agree that "next Tuesday" is one week after "this Tuesday".
for me, "this tuesday" is the first tuesday after yesterday and "next
tuesday" is the tuesday belonging to the week after the current one, so
from wednesday through saturday, "this tuesday" and "next tuesday" are
the same day!

> John Cowan  jcowan@reutershealth.com  www.ccil.org/~cowan
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-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCS/M/O d-(---) s: a18 C++$ UL++++>$ P+>++ L+(++)>++++ E--- W++(+++) N o?
K--- w+(--) O?> M-- V? PS PE+ Y+(++) PGP++ t+(*) 5-- X+++ R- tv b+++ DI+
D--- G++++ e h! r-->+++ y-
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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