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You have another (think) (thing) coming
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2011/10/18 - 7:57am
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I've always thought the expression was if someone says "if that's what you think, you have another think coming." But I am currently reading a young adult book which has the phrase as "you have another thing coming," and it is used two times. Have I been wrong all these years?

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2011/10/18 - 8:03am
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I'm in the other camp. I always heard and said thing, and I was unaware that think was out there. I know that Grant and Martha did discuss this, but I can't locate the program in which they did. To my recollection and horror, I believe Grant said that thing was a corruption of the original think in the expression. He did mention that thing was also very common.

I had almost forgiven him for this pronouncement, but now that you bring it up again, I have another think coming.

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2011/10/19 - 7:44am
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Glenn,

Is Lunatic Fringe (full episode) the one you were looking for?

Emmett

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2011/10/19 - 7:57am
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Indeed, it is. Thank you, Emmett.

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2011/10/24 - 2:52pm
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I blame Judas Priest! (For the record, I've always used "thing", though "think" is appealing due to the wordplay.) Looks like Jan Freeman has also covered this topic.

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2011/10/24 - 11:38pm
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Glenn said:

I had almost forgiven him for this pronouncement, but now that you bring it up again, I have another think coming.

I grew up with think, so it must be correct; therefore nothing to forgive! (Yes, I'm kidding, except the first phrase.)

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2011/10/25 - 3:01am
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I always heard it as thing too. Perhaps those who don't appreciate turning the verb think into a noun substitute a similar sounding "real" noun.

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