Would that mean to you that it arrives when Monday finishes and Tuesday begins, or when Tuesday finishes and Wednesday begins?
Please, state your native language, because I feel this might differ from culture to culture.
2006-06-19 21:05:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Great question! To me, this means when Tuesday ends and Wednesday begins. I think that's because I think of this time as Tuesday night.
My native language is English (I'm American.)
I know that the new day starts at 12:00 am, so if I were hearing this in an official context, I would believe it meant the time when Monday became Tuesday. I think there are other strategies for circumlocution that avoid this problem.
2006-06-20 06:20:10 · answer #1 · answered by drshorty 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm a native English speaker & this means at the end of Tuesday, just before Wednesday begins.
2006-06-19 21:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My first reaction would be to understand it as Tuesday night between Tuesday and Wednesday, but my experience has taught me that it actually means midnight between Monday and Tuesday...yes, learned this one the hard way.
2006-06-19 21:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by alexajbully 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plane would arrive when Tuesdays done and Wednesday begins. American.
2006-06-19 21:09:12 · answer #4 · answered by nevyn55025 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it's the end of Tuesday, because midnight is 24.00 in Polish culture (although we also use 12.00 but we add "at night"). However, on the clocks (made in China :)) the display shows 0:00 at midnight so I understand where this confusion comes from.
But in Poland midnight is the end of the day.
2006-06-20 01:33:42 · answer #5 · answered by ~ B ~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that it was Tuesday night, but if the person expected me to pick them up I'd ask them to confirm.
I'm Canadian.
More trickily, I noticed a movie listing (here in Switzerland) for a 12:15 am Thursday showing, which was actually Thursday night, so really 00:15 Friday. (Although it was reasonably clear from the schedule that it was AFTER the 9:30 pm Thursday showing.)
2006-06-19 21:22:47 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English. I would first think at midnight after the Tuesday, but really 12am tuesday is the midnight after monday.
2006-06-19 21:10:28 · answer #7 · answered by sticky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it means that the plane arrives on Tuesday at midnight. ... actually that's a good question.. 0 hundred hours? or 24 hundred hours? which exists?
2006-06-19 21:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by kerbourchardalan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuesday midnight would be 12.00 pm on tuesday. Wednesday with one more second
2006-06-19 21:09:00 · answer #9 · answered by Giridhar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when tuesday finishes... otherwise they would say "monday at midnight" or "on tuesday at 12 in the morning..."... my native language is english...
2006-06-19 21:08:20 · answer #10 · answered by deathblooms7894 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋