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Simon Rayner - 24 Sep 2007 14:26 GMT

I have a Polish guest in my house, and she has been asking me about the
difference between 'this weekend' and 'next weekend'. Midweek, she would
expect 'this weekend' to refer to the coming weekend, and 'next weekend'
to the one after. In my opinion, they both refer to the coming weekend,
which seems illogical, and if you want to refer to the weekend after the
coming weekend, you should say 'the weekend after next'. I suppose this
is just another example of English being confusing.

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Peter Duncanson - 24 Sep 2007 16:26 GMT

>I have a Polish guest in my house, and she has been asking me about the
>difference between 'this weekend' and 'next weekend'. Midweek, she would
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>coming weekend, you should say 'the weekend after next'. I suppose this
>is just another example of English being confusing.

Yes.

People vary in their usage of these phrases.

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Blue Sow - 24 Sep 2007 19:21 GMT

> I have a Polish guest in my house, and she has been asking me about the
> difference between 'this weekend' and 'next weekend'. Midweek, she would
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> coming weekend, you should say 'the weekend after next'. I suppose this
> is just another example of English being confusing.

For reference, I was brought up (Eastern England) with the same understanding as
your Polish guest, a usage that I have never found the need to change for want
of understanding with English speakers from an assortment of places.

I have however met one person whose usage is the same as yours, and it confuses
me (-:

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John Hall - 24 Sep 2007 19:59 GMT

>> I have a Polish guest in my house, and she has been asking me about
>>the difference between 'this weekend' and 'next weekend'. Midweek,
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>I have however met one person whose usage is the same as yours, and it
>confuses me (-:

You now "met" another, i.e. me.

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