I've grown to dislike hearing people say, "next (day of the week inserted here)". People believe they're being accurate or something but they're not.

Where I grew up when someone said something like "let's meet next Thursday" then it would mean "not this Thursday but the Thursday after next". If you did mean to meet on the next coming Thursday, then you'd say "let's meet this coming Thursday."

I discovered later that many in the country literally mean this coming Thursday if they said, "next Thursday". WTH? Then just say, "this Thursday".

It's the context from where we grew up. I get it.

But what always frustrated me was trying to show people how their "next Thursday" could be misinterpreted. I'd have people stare at me blankly when I tried explain how my version is correct as well.

In the end, if I hear someone use the term such as "next Thursday" I hold their feet in the fire and force them to give me an actual date.

/pedantic rant of old man