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Another thinG coming

Posted by ESC on October 11, 2002 at

In Reply to: Another thinK coming posted by TheFallen on October 11, 2002

: : Can anyone help solve an office argument?

: : Is the following phrase correct:

: : If you think that then you've got another thing coming;

: : Or should it be

: : If you think that then you've got another think coming?

: It is definitely "another think".

No evidence, just another opinion: I believe the original phrase was: "If you think XX, you've got another THING coming." But somewhere along the line it mutated to "...you've got another THINK coming." I first heard "think" used by a Disney character.

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