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Sorry, but I remember the first time I heard "another think," and know that
"another thing" predates it.
Heli Roosild
Network Imaging, Herndon VA
helir -at- msmailhq -dot- netimage -dot- com
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I first heard "you have another think coming" almost fifty years ago
in northern England where a "think" was, indeed, a common noun.
When presented with a problem, one was commonly instructed to "have a
think about it". If, having completed your think, you announced a false
conclusion then you obviously had "another think coming".
I'd be interested to see your explanation for the sense (as opposed to
the syntax) of "another thing coming".
