If I was to say to you I'm going for a drink NEXT Wednesday

[bobby smith]

This is why no one drinks with you, coz they dont know wen ur talking about to meet them

 

[7:18]

22nd...15th is THIS week

 

[Jimbo.GRFC]

Would you think I meant Wednesday 15th June or Wednesday 22nd June?

Assuming I said it today (Monday 13th June) that is.

Always wanted to do this "and your point is"

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

It is the 22nd. As in 'next week' and 'this week', that is the context and the answer.

 

[SirElliotBennett]

22nd June, 15th June is this Wednesday

This

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Over 90% correct. Not this Wednesday is it, it's next Wednesday. Drives me crazy when people can't grasp this concept.

 

[brakespear]

NEXT Wednesday is the Wednesday in the NEXT week.
THIS Wednesday is the Wednesday in THIS week.

Unless you say "the next Wednesday". Which would be the next Wednesday which occurs.

this.

 

[HoveHorace]

22nd but I can't make it - sorry.

 

[The Ringleader Returns!]

I'd say you have a drinking problem.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

22nd...15th is THIS week

But also the NEXT Wednesday is in two days time...anyway who cares,I'm going for a drink everyday!

 

[Djmiles]

THIS Wednesday is 15th June, NEXT Wednesday is 22nd June

 

[Giraffe]

Always wanted to do this "and your point is"

Over 90% correct. Not this Wednesday is it, it's next Wednesday. Drives me crazy when people can't grasp this concept.

Question and answer.

How can 10% of people be sooooooo thick!!!

 

[Bad Ash]

The question becomes much more ambiguous if asked on a Thursday.

 

[Garage_Doors]

But the the "next Wednesday" is on the 15th, not the 22nd.

 

[alan partridge]

NEXT Wednesday is the Wednesday in the NEXT week.
THIS Wednesday is the Wednesday in THIS week.

Unless you say "the next Wednesday". Which would be the next Wednesday which occurs.

ooh, good answer sir!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I have voted and cannot believe I am in a 12% minority. Next Wednesday is, well, tomorrow. Because it is the next Wednesday, the first Wednesday that turns up after this moment in time. There cannot be a Wednesday before NEXT Wednesday, it is logically impossible.

If you say THIS Wednesday, it also means Next Wednesday. They are logically the same thing. Unless you say it on a Friday, in which case it means the Wednesday just passed, but that's a whole other kettle of fish.

 

[Wozza]

 

[eastlondonseagull]

The question becomes much more ambiguous if asked on a Thursday.

Indeed. But it's the 22nd either way

 

[Return of the Rev]

Thursday?

 

[sten_super]

I have voted and cannot believe I am in a 12% minority. Next Wednesday is, well, tomorrow. Because it is the next Wednesday, the first Wednesday that turns up after this moment in time. There cannot be a Wednesday before NEXT Wednesday, it is logically impossible.

If you say THIS Wednesday, it also means Next Wednesday. They are logically the same thing. Unless you say it on a Friday, in which case it means the Wednesday just passed, but that's a whole other kettle of fish.

But the point, as someone mentioned earlier, is that the 'this' and 'next' refer to the week in which they feature, not the day themselves. Hence 'this Wednesday' is the Wednesday in this week (whether that's happened yet or not) and 'next Wednesday' is the Wednesday in next week. It might not make perfect grammatical sense but that is the commonly accepted usage.