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Stive Pesley Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 It's definitely THIS weekend - what sort of nonsense poll is this? GboroRam, Carl Sagan, Anon and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Ansewered it now as i am busy both week ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: It's definitely THIS weekend - what sort of nonsense poll is this? Finally SOMETHING we agree on.. You're my new bestie. Anon and Stive Pesley 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 This weekend we play Stoke. Next weekend we play Sheffield United. Easy. ThePrisoner, Angry Ram, Carl Sagan and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: It's definitely THIS weekend - what sort of nonsense poll is this? I've never met a single person that would refer to it as "next weekend". I'm astonished that the percentage of people who apparently do is so high. It makes no sense. Why would anyone use "this weekend" to refer to a date in the past? Presumably "last weekend" means two weekends ago to these maniacs. Stive Pesley and JoetheRam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Why don't the polls add up to 100%? What on earth do the rest call it if not one or the other of those? Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, angieram said: Why don't the polls add up to 100%? What on earth do the rest call it if not one or the other of those? 4% = "Not sure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 For me, the clue is in the semantics of the word weekend - it literally means the end of the week so "next week" and "next week-end" are analogous. "Next week" and "the end of next week" and the same goes for "this week" and "this week-end" You wouldn't say "next week" if you were referring to the current week - makes no sense. It's clear to everyone what "next week" means, so why would "next weekend" mean the end of THIS current week? The mistake being made is people using the word "next" literally - this weekend is obviously the next weekend that will occur, but it ignores the meaning of the word weekend, and so "next weekend" becomes a grammatical paradox Hopefully that's settled it and we can move on to the more burning issue of why the French say "Le Weekend" Why is the weekend a man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said: For me, the clue is in the semantics of the word weekend - it literally means the end of the week so "next week" and "next week-end" are analogous. "Next week" and "the end of next week" and the same goes for "this week" and "this week-end" You wouldn't say "next week" if you were referring to the current week - makes no sense. It's clear to everyone what "next week" means, so why would "next weekend" mean the end of THIS current week? The mistake being made is people using the word "next" literally - this weekend is obviously the next weekend that will occur, but it ignores the meaning of the word weekend, and so "next weekend" becomes a grammatical paradox Hopefully that's settled it and we can move on to the more burning issue of why the French say "Le Weekend" Why is the weekend a man? For me, this highlights that YouGov like all polling organizations should be viewed with a very large pinch of salt. Your own poll (at the time of writing) is rather definitive (21-0)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Who'da thought @Stive Pesley would be the one to unify the forum ? JoetheRam, Stive Pesley, Carl Sagan and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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