Another thinG coming
Posted by Ed Stansell on October 11, 2002
In Reply to: Another thinG coming posted by ESC 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.
I know how you folks love
documentation, but I don't have any. But this one is in very current usage so
we should get by without doc.
When someone says that they think this or that
and you believe them to be wrong, you say "well, if you think that, then you've
got another think comming." In my house we spoke better Enlish than that. When
someone said, I think this or I thought that, we would say, you've got another
thought coming.
ES
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- Ps Word Camel 10/12/02
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- Think (n.) Silver Surfer
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10/12/02
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- Another think
coming R. Berg 10/11/02
- Another thing coming to you ESC
10/11/02
- Another thing coming to you Bruce Kahl 10/11/02
- Googlization?
TheFallen 10/12/02
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- Googlization? R. Berg 10/12/02
- Googlization? Bruce Kahl
10/12/02
- Googlization? TheFallen 10/12/02
- Googlization? Bruce Kahl
10/12/02
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- get what's coming to them? Rube 10/11/02
- Best foot forward
R. Berg 10/11/02
- Let's get ready to rumble! TheFallen
10/12/02
- Rumble R. Berg 10/12/02
- 3 or more? Rube 10/15/02
- Comparatives and superlatives R. Berg 10/16/02
- 3 or more? Rube 10/15/02
- Rumble R. Berg 10/12/02
- Let's get ready to rumble! TheFallen
10/12/02
- Best foot forward
R. Berg 10/11/02
- get what's coming to them? Rube 10/11/02
- Googlization?
TheFallen 10/12/02
- Another thing coming to you Bruce Kahl 10/11/02
- Another thing coming to you ESC
10/11/02
- Another think
coming R. Berg 10/11/02
- Another think coming - the plot thickens (thiggens?) Gary Martin 10/11/02
- Another think
coming - the plot thickens (thiggens?) Word Camel 10/11/02
- Another think coming - the plot thickens
(thiggens?) Myra Gratin 10/11/02