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   Athel Cornish-Bowden  wrote:   
   > I'm wondering how common ambiguity in the word "next" is. My first   
   > wife, when I was driving and she was giving directions, would say, for   
   > example, "take the next right", which we would understand differently;   
   > for me the next right would mean right at the intersection we are just   
   > coming to. For her it meant the one after it. There was a similar   
   > ambiguity for weeks. If I say "next week" I mean the week that starts   
   > tomorrow, Monday 22nd July: for her it would mean the week that starts   
   > on the 29th.   
   >   
   > In case it's relevant, I mention that my ex-wife is from California,   
   > one of the few native adult Californians that I ever came across when I   
   > lived in California.   
   >   
      
   I don't think this is exclusive to english. My consensus is that 'next' has   
   to refer to something else than 'this', but I note it hasn't been adopted   
   by everyone.   
      
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