What is the "weekend"?
So I had an instance yesterday during a conversation where what is understood to be the "weekend" was not the same between me and the person to which I was talking. I was talking to my neighbor and we were discussing the nice weather yesterday and I said that it wouldn't be lasting long because it was going to turn bad again over the weekend. She replied " I don't know if that's right. I think we are going to have one more day of nice weather." Of course I was referring specifically to Saturday and Sunday, but the weekend for her obviously included Friday. It was just funny because it is exactly what we discussed in class. I didn't go on to clarify because I didn't really see it as necessary but immediately recognized the misunderstanding.
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This example is so common. Ealier in the week, Monday or Tuesday, one of my roommates invited me to go camping next weekend. I thought he was talking about the 28th-30th, but no, he was talking about today through Easter Sunday.