Yes, It is disconcerting. In the US it is common to see a sign like this posted 100 m before a freeway exit: "Monster Cave - next exit". They mean: "This exit". In ZA, of course, it would be the exit after this one. Krith ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:30:29 AM EDT From: "Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Dates in Excel On 27 Jun 2011 at 17:36, Andrew Rodger wrote: > midnight, the one before or after, respectively). Likewise people > will say on a Tuesday that something will happen "this Thursday" -- > by which, of course, they mean "next Thursday". You can only say > "this Thursday" if today is Thursday. but would do this for emphasis > on the fact that it is Thursday, otherwise "today" is fine. And in > SA (which point may just keep this from being off-topic!) they often > say "Ne-e-e-ext Thursday" when it is not yet Thursday this week and > they mean Thursday next week. That is frequently expressed as "Thursday next of next week". Only in South Africa, as far as I know. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com http://hayesfam.posterous.com/ E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message