Date:  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:27:25 -0500

From:  Stewart Mason <masons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ZIAVMS.ENMU.EDU>

Subject: Re: Thursday week



>One of my students forwarded this query to me from a friend of his at

>another university. Suggestions?

>

>"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."

>

>Craig has issued a challenge to me to find out the origin of this

>phrase--you know how I rise to meet a challenge!! Where do you think I

>should begin my quest?"



The first cite I can think off the top of my head is that Elvis Costello and

the Attractions and The Undertones (bands from Liverpool/London and Derry,

Northern Ireland, respectively) both released songs called "Wednesday Week"

in 1980. This leads me to believe that it's primarily a U.K.

phrase--everyone I know in the U.S. who has used this phrase has nicked it

off one of these records.



Stewart

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