Does また今度 imply concrete future plans in certain regions/dialects?


[This question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/18907/exact-
meaning-and-usage-of-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E3%82%93%E3%81%A9) made me
remember something I'd been wanting to ask.

In general, また今度 seems to be understood as a farewell ("See you later")
without a later time to meet defined.

However, a Japanese friend once said, "In my area, it's strange to say また今度
unless you already have decided on a time to meet again."

Does anyone have an idea in what areas/dialects in Japan this may hold?




"また"+"今度" can be used to indicate a specific time you will do something again.

For example, if you played soccer last Saturday and during the week a friend
asks what you are going to do this weekend, a conversation could go like this:

[code]

    A: 今週末、何をする？ (What are you doing this weekend?)
    B: また今度の土曜日にサッカーをする。(I'm going to play soccer again this Saturday.)
    
[/code]

Note, if I was going to be technical, that there is a difference between using
the words "また" and "今度" together and using "また今度" as an idiom. My guess is
your friend is talking about "また"+"今度" and not "また今度". It is certainly
possible that the idiom doesn't make sense in his/her region and dialect.

So in your friend's region, this usage might be the expected usage and not the
~~idiom~~ usages in [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/18907/exact-meaning-
and-usage-of-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E3%82%93%E3%81%A9) or [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9584/why-
does-%E4%BB%8A%E5%BA%A6-%E3%81%93%E3%82%93%E3%81%A9-mean-next-time?lq=1).

For reference, I lived in the [甲信越
region](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshin'etsu_region) for 4.5 years
and have been living in the [東京
area](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area) for over 3 and both
usages are acceptable.

