Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 04:18:58 -0500

From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA

Subject: Re: Thursday week



"Do you know the expression "Thursday, week" (or it could be any proper name

of any weekday, "week")? In case you don't know the phrase, it means "a

week from this coming Thursday."



i think it's likely in all of the major non-american (i.e., more

closely british) varieties of english. it's standard in south

africa. there's no comma in between the 2 in writing and the

stress/intonation is rather like a compound. unlike kathleen (was

that who it was?) i've never heard "thursday a week" from brits,

south africans, or irish--it's definitely thursday-week.



lynne



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