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Reasonably commonly used in Commonwealth countries. Next Friday is sometimes too ambiguous, you can never be sure you share the same definition with the other
by antod 1y ago
Reasonably commonly used in Commonwealth countries.
Next Friday is sometimes too ambiguous, you can never be sure you share the same definition with the other person. Is it the same as This Friday (the very next occurring Friday), or Friday Week (ie next week's Friday).
- aspenmayer 1y agoI heard it used this way in Australia, and I’ve heard it now and then in British TV programs. Only have heard it among very old timers in isolated areas in the US a few times when I was very young previously.
- kiwijamo 1y agoNever seen or heard this in New Zealand from native speakers.
- jama211 1y agoI’m Australian and I’ve heard this a lot
- Daneel_ 1y agoLikewise. I'm Australian and have used it regularly for a long time. My parents have always used it.
- antod 1y agoWe must move in different circles then ;) Maybe I should ask my kids...
- antod 1y agoMy kiwi teenage daughter and her friend didn't really use it, but did hear it used occasionally. Interestingly they both had different definitions of Next Friday though, and both thought there was only one way of defining it.
- frereubu 1y agoI always thought of "Friday week" as "Friday plus a week" rather than "next week's Friday".
- antod 1y agoyeah, that's a better way of expressing it.