Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
Logic has little, if not anything, to do with language.

Absolutely!
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I don't get into squabbles over whether soda is pop or coke.

...actually soda is a caustic byproduct of smelting isn't it? And here, "pop" is lemonade.

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The funny thing is that next is an archaic superlative form of nigh, so when somebody says next Tuesday, they literally and etymologically mean the closest Tuesday to the day they are speaking of.

Aha! So etymology is on my side too!