to ask you to settle this argument?

[MeganScarlett]

Me and a friend agreed to go out for coffee this morning. Texting each other last night to confirm.

Friend - what time do you want to meet?
Me - Lets say 10?
Friend - Lets make it half past instead.
Me - Great. See you tomorrow.

I get a call at 10 asking where I was. When she said lets make it half past I assumed she meant 10:30, whereas she actually meant 9:30.

Am I the only one who would assume that she meant 10:30?

(this is light-hearted by the way and no one has fallen out or got upset etc)

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haha yes I will do QOD

urban yeah if it was Monday or Tuesday than you would definitely just say "this Thursday"

And urbanproserpine your Mum was right in that conversation too imho. If it was Monday /tues when they had the conversation your aunt should have simply said 'Thursday'if the funeral was that week.

1030 and the Thursday next week!

I'm with her - but as they grew up together its funny that they were both so adamant what they meant.

But surely next Thursday would imply that there was another Thursday inbetween and seeing as it was either Monday or Tuesday then there was only one Thursday.

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10.30 and it should be "on Thursday"

Oh, there was a long and emphatic discussion in an office I worked in once about 'this Thursday' and 'next Thursday'. That's it, it is either this or next, the next one is this, the following one is next, next is not this!

The only room for ambiguity lies on Friday and Saturday when 'next Thursday' could be 'the Thursday of next week' rather than 'the next Thursday', in which case you might say 'Thursday week' for the following one.

I'd have thought 10:30 :)

10:30, and "this Thursday".

10.30 - she is wrong wrong wrong!

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10.30 here too. Perhaps she meant to type half past nine but her phone ate the nine or something?

I would have checked but mostly because being Danish half in this case would to me mean 9 30 but to most of my friends mean 10 30 so I would have shot of another text saying 10.30? or ok see you at 10.30 unless I hear otherwise

easy to say yes but to me half is not an agreement grins..

10.30 and this thursday, or just 'on thursday'

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10.30 and this thursday

10.30 as that was the last text.

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10.30.

1030. this thursday.

It's a whitewash

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And to throw in another one, "this summer" --> does that mean last summer (so 2012) or the next one (so 2013)?!

For me it's 2013, 2012 is "last summer" but apparently it's not that for everyone I talk to...

(I realise it could vary depending on the time of the year)

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