> >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).
>
I was once told that the use of "this" and "next" was of Scottish 
origin.
Is it?

Ian 

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