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posted by [identity profile] sollersuk.livejournal.com at 06:15pm on 24/08/2012
If "last May" means May in 2011, what on earth does one call May in 2012? I'd use "this May" during the month of May but not later, and can't think of any alternative.
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posted by [identity profile] whatifoundthere.livejournal.com at 10:39pm on 24/08/2012
I would say "this past May" or, if there's a past tense verb in the sentence already, just "May". "I graduated in May and now I'm a credentialed ninja" can only mean May of 2012 in my dialect.

I didn't answer the poll because "last May" is EXTREMELY ambiguous in a sentence spoken in August, and I would want to clarify with an extra word or two ("May of last year" etc.).
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