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Grammar pedants - help please.

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Rosehip 9 Apr 3:27pm, 9 Apr 2025 35,029 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip and what about " two weeks next Wednesday" which is a classic from my mum? I've given up and insist on dates to be given when she tries to tell me what appointments she needs me to taxi her to.
Diogenes 9 Apr 3:29pm, 9 Apr 2025 91,387 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes That'll be Wednesday fortnight.
JamieKai chameleon 9 Apr 3:43pm, 9 Apr 2025 20,469 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon This Sunday: 13/4 Next Sunday: 20/4 This Tuesday: 15/4 (unless clearly talking past tense) Next Tuesday: 22/4 Two weeks next Wednesday - this would be the date that would be in two weeks on the date of next Wednesday: Next Wednesday: 16/4 Two weeks next Wednesday: 30/4 Sidebar: This Wednesday doesn't currently exist, it's renamed today. Side-sidebar - my phone's insistence in capitalising Next is doing my head in...
larkim 9 Apr 3:45pm, 9 Apr 2025 27,115 posts	Quote Pin larkim I'm in the @paulcook camp here to be fair. But the fact that there are two camps is interesting nonetheless!!
ChrisHB 9 Apr 4:35pm, 9 Apr 2025 23,483 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Pity poor German where you can't distinguish between the next town (in your direction of travel) and the nearest town (which might be behind you).
LindsD 9 Apr 4:45pm, 9 Apr 2025 73,585 posts	Quote Pin LindsD But you can distinguish between the same as in an exact copy and the same as in the one I had in my hand yesterday.
JamieKai chameleon 9 Apr 5:13pm, 9 Apr 2025 20,471 posts	Quote Pin JamieKai chameleon And hot (spicy) and hot (warm).
FergusG 9 Apr 8:29pm, 9 Apr 2025 5,876 posts	Quote Pin FergusG If I were explaining my interpretation of this/next day of the week, I’d suggest that we’re simply in the habit of dropping the word “week’s”. This Wednesday = This week’s Wednesday. Next Wednesday = Next week’s Wednesday.
LindsD 9 Apr 9:01pm, 9 Apr 2025 73,589 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Indeed JK
paulcook 9 Apr 9:20pm, 9 Apr 2025 7,774 posts	Quote Pin paulcook FergusG wrote:If I were explaining my interpretation of this/next day of the week, I’d suggest that we’re simply in the habit of dropping the word “week’s”. This Wednesday = This week’s Wednesday. Next Wednesday = Next week’s Wednesday. What happens if it's Thursday? Does that mean this can be past or future (or even present) depending on the context? Bit like Chris's German example above.