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If today is Friday, does ``next Saturday`` mean tomorrow or a week from tomorrow?

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postallbear Male, 50-59 Western US Joined: 20 yrs ago 34,323 Posts	4 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Friday 1/19/18 - 6:05:02 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message The native Utahns I work with say tomorrow but people not from here (myself included) say it's a week from tomorrow. Wondering if this is a regional thing.
skyfish Male, 70+ Asia Joined: 13 yrs, 6 mos ago 42,287 Posts	4 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Friday 1/19/18 - 6:18:36 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message a week from tomorrow obviously tomorrow would just be 'saturday' or even more unambiguously 'saturday'
Mat Male, 30-39 Europe Joined: 18 yrs, 2 mos ago 11,040 Posts	4 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Saturday 1/20/18 - 12:31:36 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message The proximity makes it the next week. If it was Monday and you said "next Saturday", it would be the next Saturday, the Saturday of the same week. I just always say "Not this Saturday, the next one."
postallbear Male, 50-59 Western US Joined: 20 yrs ago 34,323 Posts	4 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/27/18 - 4:33:05 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message 13 out of 13 answers agree in a week. I kind of thought that was a Utah thing.
womersley Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 5 mos ago 7,195 Posts	4 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Sunday 1/28/18 - 9:57:57 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message A week from tomorrow. So, what did you do last Saturday?
mousepelled Female, 70+ Eastern US Joined: 7 yrs, 8 mos ago 9,555 Posts	4 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/29/18 - 2:14:49 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message So, how do the Utah people actually refer to the Saturday of the next week, then?
postallbear Male, 50-59 Western US Joined: 20 yrs ago 34,323 Posts	4 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/29/18 - 4:14:31 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message This past Saturday or the week before, womersley? A week from Saturday, mouse. I think. I'm not really disappointed if i don't catch on to all they do.
womersley Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 5 mos ago 7,195 Posts	4 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Monday 1/29/18 - 11:34:27 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Any Saturday. Just pick one and tell me what you did.
chips2001 moderator Female, 40-49 Europe Joined: 17 yrs, 2 mos ago 80,348 Posts	3 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Wednesday 12/26/18 - 6:56:53 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I would assume 'next Saturday' would be the one a week tomorrow and the other one would be 'tomorrow' or 'this Saturday'.

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