Re: What doe it mean when you say ....

In article <47dc2435$0$22885$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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morrisj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Jay E. Morris) wrote:

> On 15-Mar-2008, David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> wrote:
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> > In article <frgtmk$h67$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >  Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > You'd think that clears everything up, wouldn't you? But to say 
> > > "this Tuesday" on a Thursday does *not* mean "five days from 
> > > now", to me. I don't think it means anything at all.
> >
> > Context.
> >
> > "This Tuesday I went up to the city" is day before yesterday.
> >
> > "This Tuesday we plan to visit my parents" is five days from 
> > now.
> 
> In the first case I wouldn't have said "This Tuesday", I would have 
> said "Last Tuesday".  If it was Wednesday, I would have said 
> "Yesterday".

I think I'd probably say "This Tuesday past" or "This Tuesday next" to
avoid confusion.