Date:  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 13:17:39 -0600

From:  Natalie Maynor <maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Thursday next, etc.



>   I would be interested to know whether such retrospective

> constructions as "Thursday last" or "Thursday week" (meaning "a week ago

> Thursday") coexist in the speech of those Southern American speakers who

> have "Thursday week" in its prospective sense.



It would never enter my mind to interpret "Thursday week" as anything

other than a week from next Thursday. That's the only meaning I've ever

intended when using it.

  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)