>My well educated and intelligent wife recently, on a Tuesday,
>said "next Thursday ..." when she in fact meant Thursday week.

I would take that to be correct.

>For reasons which did and do escape me she took exception to
>my failure to correctly comprehend which date she was actually
>referring to.

If she had said 'this Thursday then it would have been the Thursday two days 
hence, but saying 'next Thursday' means the one a week later.

Alan (putting flame suit on, should you show this to the wife). 

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