Date:  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:38:12 -0500

From:  Bob Haas <rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>

Subject: Re: Thursday week



Stewart,



You've got a good theory, but I very much doubt that my grandmother (who

died in 1982), or many of the other senior crowd that I know, who use/s

the "Monday week" construction ever heard of Elvis Costello or The

Undertones, much less listened to their music. The term has been around

in the south for a lot longer that the past 15 or so years. Much longer.



Bob



On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Stewart Mason wrote:



> 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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