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Old 3rd Dec 2011, 12:45
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pilotmike
 
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Help!

How scary to think we share the same sky as people who think NEXT means 'the 2nd'.

Worse, he expresses exasperation that others can't agree on his own bizarre interpretation of what next means, and then wants to invent totally vague phrases about 'coming' to solve his misunderstanding.

Next is next. The next. What could be clearer? What about the storm that is coming? Is a storm going to be the very next weather you will experience? Or is it reasonable to expect the storm later on at some undefined, vague time in the future, after (possibly many) other weather types?

totempole makes an excellent case for standard phraseology, using real English, not one person's (mis)interpretation of a local dialect of 'English'.
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