fizzledorf

hello fellow TFPers...I was hoping you could help me answer a grammatical question:

I've been debating with my friends about using the word "next" to describe a day of the week. For instance, we often use "next saturday" to mean the saturday of the week after the one which we are currently in. But this is really the only situation I can think of where we do this. Is this a misuse of the english language?

When I say "next time I see you", I mean the very next time, not the time after that. So when I say "next Saturday", should it not indicate the very next saturday, regardless of whether it's in the current week or the week after?

Anyone? Thanks!!