Timeline for What is the meaning, history, and current popularity of "of a Monday" (or Tuesday, or Wednesday, etc.)?
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| Mar 12, 2014 at 2:37 | history | edited | sarah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 21, 2012 at 12:22 | comment | added | user19243 | You ask if it is in American use. I, too, thought it was exclusively British - but I have been listening to some Vic and Sade broadcasts of 1938-40 - and find it often used there. | |
| Jan 15, 2012 at 18:49 | comment | added | sarah | Barrie England's answer is very good but doesn't address the American English part of the question. Is it a good idea to accept this answer anyway, community standards-wise? | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 13:13 | comment | added | sarah | @z7sgѪ Ѫ That's it. Thanks for clarifying. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 13:10 | comment | added | sarah | @Matt and Kris Sorry for the confusion! The mixing of X and Y to represent the day-of-the-week variable happened because I realized later that X would need an, whereas any day of the week would use the article a, then forgot to change the title of the question. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 13:05 | history | edited | sarah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2012 at 12:14 | answer | added | cindi | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 12:11 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 12:03 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | @z7sgѪ Oh! That actually makes a lot of sense. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 12:02 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | I think we're talking about sentences like, for example, "I enjoy walking in the park of a Sunday". Right? If so the question could be made a bit clearer and more concise but it's an interesting question. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 11:07 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | @Kris - Thanks, although that still seems to be military jargon, rather than something someone would use in everyday speech. I'm at a loss as to what Sarah is asking about of a Y-Day and of an X-Day. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 11:05 | comment | added | Kris | @MattЭллен See ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/DAP-Poland/Campaign-Chron.html 14 Jul to 1 Sep. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 10:47 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | Please could you give examples of sentences that make use of X-Day and Y-Day that allow me to understand them. I have not heard them used ever. The only reference I have found is in Wikipedia, relating to military jargon. | |
| Jan 10, 2012 at 10:37 | history | asked | sarah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |