UlstermanAbroad
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Can't think why this automatically made me think of my Mother 
Reminder. Its Mother's Day in the UK next Sunday. What will you be getting her?
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zagatoes30
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I'm in the same boat as some above but apparently it is my responsibility to ensure the children remember and provide suitable cards and gifts
Vampyrebat
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Reminds me of Leonard Rossiter in The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin when thinking of his Mother-in-Law and the same Hippo scene appears!!
I'm sadly also there with you.....
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We argue about this week verses next week all the time in our house.
This Sunday is the 7th
Next Sunday is the 14th
or if you think next Sunday is the 7th, where did this Sunday go
There is no 'this Sunday' unless it's Sunday. Clearly the next Sunday is the 7th, because, and the clue is in the name, it's the next Sunday to happen
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You have been talking to my wife, and she is not right eitherThere is no 'this Sunday' unless it's Sunday. Clearly the next Sunday is the 7th, because, and the clue is in the name, it's the next Sunday to happen
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CatmanV2
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You have been talking to my wife, and she is not right either
Apart from the obvious, she sounds like a sensible woman
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Mine passed away in 2019 but I'll be raising a glass to her in McDermotts's Bar - my garden pub named after her.
UlstermanAbroad
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Yup. Same here.I haven't seen my mother for over a year ... that's her present
I can recall having this same, frustrating conversation with an English friend, many years ago.
In Northern Ireland, next Sunday means Sunday week. We refer to the next Sunday occurring
as just Sunday or this Sunday. Even though, technically, this Sunday is next week.
And yes Mark, I'm quite aware that the proper term is Mothering Sunday, but I didn't feel the need
to use precise Queen's English in this forum. However, if we're going to be formal and adopt Debrett's
then I predict that language here will return to the very salty and handbags will be dusted off and swung as
furiously as they were a few years back and long before you might be able to raise the etiquette bar
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There is no 'this Sunday' unless it's Sunday. Clearly the next Sunday is the 7th, because, and the clue is in the name, it's the next Sunday to happen
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I don't think that is a common 'British English' interpretation. I think 'this Sunday' refers to 'this coming Sunday' and 'next Sunday' is a bit more ambiguous, but usually means 'the Sunday following this Sunday' (see 'this Sunday').
Mind you, I nearly flew to Spain to have a meeting on the wrong 'next Wednesday', but the person I was trying to make the arrangements with was French so ....
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While I respect your opinion, on this we will disagree
'This Sunday' is today, or at best, tomorrow.
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My mum passed 1992 - she was a trooper, a real trooper. I moved up the road in Bolton who I married and had no wheelie bin, so she nicked one from the place she worked at and dragged it up Halliwell Road, Bolton about a mile and half or so, what a woman.
I'll never forget my Dad at the funeral sat alone cross legged hand on chin, deep in thought, just wanted to hug him and tell him I loved him but we just didn't do that back then. I regret it, I was such a fool.
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I agree. It is an abbreviation.
This coming Sunday. This Sunday.
- Both take place This week.
Next Sunday.
- Takes place Next week.
Next Sunday taking place This week, that would be confusing.
"The Next" Sunday is not a common term.