Re: relative time

Yes, it can be tricky. In English a week from now is 7 days away; in
French it is 8 days away. In English, "this Thursday" means the
upcoming Thursday, while "next Thursday" can mean the one after -- if
that is not too far away. In other languages, this may not be the
case.

Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markus Scherer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 16:43
Subject: Re: relative time


> Mark Davis wrote:
> > I saw your bugs for 3046 and 2895.
>
> I guess I need to read them too... a couple comments before I do:
>
> > NSHourNameDesignations  times of day (e.g., (0, midnight), (12,
noon,
> > lunch),
> > (10, morning), (14, afternoon), (19, dinner))
> > ...
> > Some observations:
> > - The names for the date fields look useful, as well as the the
XDays
> > - German has both what corresponds to the day after tomorrow
> > (uebermorgan, roughly 'overmorrow') but also the day before
yesterday
> > (vorgestern, roughly 'foryesterday')
>
> NSPriorPriorDayDesignations... :-)
>
> > - I'm a bit leery about the adjectives, like "last", since they
often
> > decline depending on the noun they are used with. Probably better
if
> > these were whole phrases.
>
> I clearly need to read the bugs, but I do know that there is eternal
confusion when someone says
> "next week" on a Sunday or similar. Colloquially (sp?), I have found
it ambiguous whether the
> current unit of time is the 0th or the 1st one. I hope this is not
an attempt to regulate the language.
>
> > - I don't know about 'dinner' and similar phrases.
>
> I remember from living in North Carolina that "dinner" is ambiguous.
The "Northern" usage was
> "lunch" during mid-day and "dinner" in the evening, while the
"Southern" usage was "dinner" during
> mid-day and "supper" in the evening. Sometimes one had to clarify.
Times vary regionally and
> culturally (even within regions) as well.
>
> Not sure any of my comments are really news to you... ;-)
>
> markus
>
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