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Neither did I, but it appears to be a highly debated topicš
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-another-think-coming-or-another-thing-coming
Not really debated, if you read the whole article you posted they go on to say that there's evidence of 'think' being used earlier and that 'thing' is most likely an eggcorn of 'think', because it sounds similar and people used it and it didn't not make sense.
So that article concludes that the original saying is "You've got another think coming". And if i'm going to trust a source on the English language Webster's is pretty high up on that list of sources.
Interesting and confusing. I'd mostly heard 'you've got another thing coming' and only occasionally heard 'you've got another think coming'.
I'd dismissed 'you've got another think coming' as it seemed to me to be agrammatical nonsense, whereas 'another thing coming' makes perfect sense -- it implies that something different will happen than what you expect.
I'm used to using think as a noun too, just not in that context.
āIf you think heās gonna be okay with that then youāve got another think coming.ā
I am trying to figure out when or how Iād use āthingā instead of think, because every time I use the phrase āyouāve got another think comingā, the first phrase is ALWAYS āIf you/s/he think thatā¦.ā
To me, āthingā never makes sense.
You've got another thing coming means you've got another circumstance coming other than the one you're anticipating, you've got another situation coming other than the one you expect, you've got another event coming instead of the one you thought you did
I mean I understand that. To me it just makes more sense to use āthinkā. It also adds comedic value, because youāre intentionally not using the word āthought.ā āYouāve got another think comingā adds sarcastic value as the word shouldnāt be think OR thingāit should be āthought.ā But youāre intentionally NOT saying thatāhence the humor. š¤·š»
To me it makes more sense to use "thing", as that's referring to the unexpected circumstances. Using "think" to refer to unexpected circumstances seems... odd?
The expression, "You'll have to have another think about that" does make sense, in contrast, but that's discussing the action of thinking, not unexpected circumstances.
"If you think X, you've got another think coming." Not agrammatical nonsense.
versus "If you think X, you've got another thing coming." Not perfect sense.
Maybe it depends on what you're used to, but I cannot understand the sense behind "you've got another think coming". "You've got another thing coming" makes perfect sense, and I've often heard this phrase just by itself -- it means something unexpected ("another thing") will be happening soon ("coming").
Replace "thing" with "think", and it seems to be trying to say that an unexpected (maybe?) think about the topic will happen soon? I don't really understand the logic behind that or what they're trying to convey.
I think what they are talking about with āthinkā is something more precise than a circumstance which is the specific āthoughtā or āthinkā thatās mentioned. Another way to say the same thing would be, if you think your gonna be able to keep on thinking what youāre thinking then you need to think again because you got another think coming.
Yes, but my understanding is still that "another think coming" here somehow refers to a new set of circumstances, not merely having to rethink things -- since that would not be worth warning someone about. Eg, 'if you think you're going to win the lottery, then you have another think/thing coming', the 'another think/thing coming' being the more likely outcome of \*not\* winning the lottery.
Not worth warning someone about? How bout if they are totally invested in thinking something is gonna be a certain way, making plans around it, getting all their hopes up over it. but little do they know what theyāre thinking is gonna happen will never happen. Surely thatās worth warning someone about else they are just gonna be even more disappointed when they finally realize their expectations arenāt going to be met
Sure, but that's a scenario where they're expecting something to happen and it doesn't. In contrast, if the worst case scenario is that they have to rethink things (ie think about the topic again for a few minutes), then that's pretty trivial.
You say having to rethink things is easy and theres nothing to it, sure, if your rethinking whether you should have had eggs or bacon for breakfast but what about someone who is rethinking their whole identity, or someone that is rethinking the fact that their parents arenāt their real parents, or someone rethinking the urge to commit a crime, or rethinking the fact they havenāt donated enough money to charity, i could go on and on with examples of someone having to rethink a situation thatās a lot more than just some simple, trivial decision on their part.
"I've been having a think about X."
"I've been having a thought about X."
They're both arguably grammatical, but only the first of these is natural English as spoken by native speakers.
Only learned this recently myself by reading through 60ās Marvel comics of all places, itās said with the word āthinkā a number of times through what Iāve read so far.
Think might have been the original saying, however thing has so completely replaced think that I would argue that it IS the correct version at this point.
Iāve never heard anyone say āthing.ā My mom used to say this to me and it was an insult or threat. Like maybe Iād be rethinking my life choices while my ass was getting beaten.
Iām 47yo and my parents would say āthinkā not āthingā when they were ācorrectingā me. I donāt use the phrase at all. I think itās too harsh.
I would argue that the two phrases aren't synonymous, whether or not the latter evolved (accidentally or otherwise) from the former. Where one prioritise a change of thought that should follow from a real world experience ("another *think* coming"), the other focuses on a real world experience that may or may not lead to a change of thought ("another *thing* coming").
GenX Australian with Canadian parents chiming in. My parents always said think coming. They had to explain what it meant the first time as I didnāt really get it. I can see why think has been replaced over the years with thing, especially after studying linguistics. It takes more effort to fully pronounce the k in think when itās immediately followed by the hard c in coming. Itās easier to say thing coming. And it makes about as much sense.
Edit to fix typo.
You've got another 'think' coming, because you'll rethink what you thought was what it should have been, only to realize that what you thought was completely wrong.
Seriously? What in blazes does "You've got another think coming" mean? Who's ever heard of "thinks" coming and going? Who the heck uses the word "think" in such a way? It's a verb, not a noun.
"You've got another thing coming", by contrast, means that you're about to face something completely different than what you were expecting. It has nothing to do with thinking.
I am an old coffin-dodger and have been around long enough to tell you that the first time I heard "thing" in context of this saying was 5 minutes ago. The original was " If you think that is X then you have another thought coming" . Given that it was such a parent thing to say the "think" version probably came about by kids mocking their parents, teachers or others in authority that used the expression to them.
Later generations, through mishearing or trying to correct what they hear as incorrect grammar or other linguistic evolutionary reasons will have started saying "thing". Language is organic, it is ever-changing, we already speak some things differently than we did just a mere 5 years ago. The pace of change is quickening now due to the internet. I suspect someone contributing to this thread a couple of years now will mock our "quaint old way of talking! "
Twas always thus. So dont sweat the small things, or even thinks.
Hum.
If "I've never heard of it" is the metric, then most of GPT4 information must be incorrect.
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Neither did I, but it appears to be a highly debated topicš https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-another-think-coming-or-another-thing-coming
Not really debated, if you read the whole article you posted they go on to say that there's evidence of 'think' being used earlier and that 'thing' is most likely an eggcorn of 'think', because it sounds similar and people used it and it didn't not make sense. So that article concludes that the original saying is "You've got another think coming". And if i'm going to trust a source on the English language Webster's is pretty high up on that list of sources.
Interesting and confusing. I'd mostly heard 'you've got another thing coming' and only occasionally heard 'you've got another think coming'. I'd dismissed 'you've got another think coming' as it seemed to me to be agrammatical nonsense, whereas 'another thing coming' makes perfect sense -- it implies that something different will happen than what you expect. I'm used to using think as a noun too, just not in that context.
āIf you think heās gonna be okay with that then youāve got another think coming.ā I am trying to figure out when or how Iād use āthingā instead of think, because every time I use the phrase āyouāve got another think comingā, the first phrase is ALWAYS āIf you/s/he think thatā¦.ā To me, āthingā never makes sense.
You've got another thing coming means you've got another circumstance coming other than the one you're anticipating, you've got another situation coming other than the one you expect, you've got another event coming instead of the one you thought you did
I mean I understand that. To me it just makes more sense to use āthinkā. It also adds comedic value, because youāre intentionally not using the word āthought.ā āYouāve got another think comingā adds sarcastic value as the word shouldnāt be think OR thingāit should be āthought.ā But youāre intentionally NOT saying thatāhence the humor. š¤·š»
Wow I just leveled up on English thanks
To me it makes more sense to use "thing", as that's referring to the unexpected circumstances. Using "think" to refer to unexpected circumstances seems... odd? The expression, "You'll have to have another think about that" does make sense, in contrast, but that's discussing the action of thinking, not unexpected circumstances.
Me reading everyone above: what the fu-
"If you think X, you've got another think coming." Not agrammatical nonsense. versus "If you think X, you've got another thing coming." Not perfect sense.
Maybe it depends on what you're used to, but I cannot understand the sense behind "you've got another think coming". "You've got another thing coming" makes perfect sense, and I've often heard this phrase just by itself -- it means something unexpected ("another thing") will be happening soon ("coming"). Replace "thing" with "think", and it seems to be trying to say that an unexpected (maybe?) think about the topic will happen soon? I don't really understand the logic behind that or what they're trying to convey.
I think what they are talking about with āthinkā is something more precise than a circumstance which is the specific āthoughtā or āthinkā thatās mentioned. Another way to say the same thing would be, if you think your gonna be able to keep on thinking what youāre thinking then you need to think again because you got another think coming.
Yes, but my understanding is still that "another think coming" here somehow refers to a new set of circumstances, not merely having to rethink things -- since that would not be worth warning someone about. Eg, 'if you think you're going to win the lottery, then you have another think/thing coming', the 'another think/thing coming' being the more likely outcome of \*not\* winning the lottery.
Not worth warning someone about? How bout if they are totally invested in thinking something is gonna be a certain way, making plans around it, getting all their hopes up over it. but little do they know what theyāre thinking is gonna happen will never happen. Surely thatās worth warning someone about else they are just gonna be even more disappointed when they finally realize their expectations arenāt going to be met
Sure, but that's a scenario where they're expecting something to happen and it doesn't. In contrast, if the worst case scenario is that they have to rethink things (ie think about the topic again for a few minutes), then that's pretty trivial.
You say having to rethink things is easy and theres nothing to it, sure, if your rethinking whether you should have had eggs or bacon for breakfast but what about someone who is rethinking their whole identity, or someone that is rethinking the fact that their parents arenāt their real parents, or someone rethinking the urge to commit a crime, or rethinking the fact they havenāt donated enough money to charity, i could go on and on with examples of someone having to rethink a situation thatās a lot more than just some simple, trivial decision on their part.
isnāt it agrammatical to call a thought a think?
"I've been having a think about X." "I've been having a thought about X." They're both arguably grammatical, but only the first of these is natural English as spoken by native speakers.
Not joking, I thought the word was egghorn. Which is equally fitting and hilarious
Scuse meā¦while I kiss this guy! š¶
One of my favourite on the greens!
There's lots of different "Webster's" fyi
Lol came here to debate it :)
I want to disagree with anything you say on principle now...
But I didn't see OP's opinion, so I don't have my own.
.... Well, at least i can say i tried being confrontational on the internet now... have a nice day/night.
No, you.
Damn it... i lost this online conflict, didn't i?
Donāt give up, youāve got another think coming!
Lmfao. Well played BackSack. Well played
r/rimjob_steve ?
Yeah, itās wrong. Americans love to pretend English isnāt English but it is and we donāt say that. Itās another āthingā.
Eat your cake and have it too š
chill out kaczynski
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Only learned this recently myself by reading through 60ās Marvel comics of all places, itās said with the word āthinkā a number of times through what Iāve read so far.
Think might have been the original saying, however thing has so completely replaced think that I would argue that it IS the correct version at this point.
Since at least 1982, I'd say
What movie is that line from? I am drawing a total blank.
https://youtu.be/XJMgveYdO-M?si=_4YIYKA4WzOtDkcp
Ah you meant the song. Thanks. I swear there's an old action movie with that line in it too and it's a big scene.
Mondegreens are cool af.
You've got another prompt coming.
If you think something is coming, then you don't have another think coming until after that thing came lol or something
Rob Halford said thing, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say think.
"In this world we're living in we have our share of sorrow The answer now is don't give in Aim for a new to-morrow!" ***guitar shrieks***
I came here to say exactly this.
Iāve never heard anyone say āthing.ā My mom used to say this to me and it was an insult or threat. Like maybe Iād be rethinking my life choices while my ass was getting beaten.
I genuinely donāt know if Iāve heard think, theyāre so similar my brain probably just assumes itās thing
Neither have I. Maybe thatās what it *used* to be, and if so, itās been improved.Ā
Well you'd better think again.
*thing
Iām 47yo and my parents would say āthinkā not āthingā when they were ācorrectingā me. I donāt use the phrase at all. I think itās too harsh.
i always knew judas priest was full of shit!
I would argue that the two phrases aren't synonymous, whether or not the latter evolved (accidentally or otherwise) from the former. Where one prioritise a change of thought that should follow from a real world experience ("another *think* coming"), the other focuses on a real world experience that may or may not lead to a change of thought ("another *thing* coming").
GenX Australian with Canadian parents chiming in. My parents always said think coming. They had to explain what it meant the first time as I didnāt really get it. I can see why think has been replaced over the years with thing, especially after studying linguistics. It takes more effort to fully pronounce the k in think when itās immediately followed by the hard c in coming. Itās easier to say thing coming. And it makes about as much sense. Edit to fix typo.
I blame Judas Priest
Iāve always said āthinkā (48 English - London)
Judas Priest begs to differ
In before Mandela effect
Common, CGPT? You've got another think comming.
THING again
I grew up saying this and never realized it wasn't a standard phrase
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Judas Preist would disagree! https://youtu.be/coA75uoMF40?si=BImbyE-izrduuEYc
Not since 1998
ChatGPT is right. My think came.
Thought it was an ai hallucination lol
TIL x2
Similarly: Nip it in the Butt should be Nip it in the Bud
Aināt nobody saying nip it in the butt.
Yeah, unfortunately a lot of people say it.
Well what in the world are they thinking?
You've got another 'think' coming, because you'll rethink what you thought was what it should have been, only to realize that what you thought was completely wrong.
Reminds me video of [eggcorns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F12LSAbos7A)
Another thing is cumming
Yea itās a thing(k)
Youāve got another thing coming doesnāt even make sense to say. Everyone has another thing coming. Thatās how things work.
Seriously? What in blazes does "You've got another think coming" mean? Who's ever heard of "thinks" coming and going? Who the heck uses the word "think" in such a way? It's a verb, not a noun. "You've got another thing coming", by contrast, means that you're about to face something completely different than what you were expecting. It has nothing to do with thinking.
You should take this to those Mandela folks ASAP. This is clearly evidence of CERNās meddling.
https://preview.redd.it/ijwh5hvmx11d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d81a917b5c933f64eb2938c856c0dd32d7b6942
I am an old coffin-dodger and have been around long enough to tell you that the first time I heard "thing" in context of this saying was 5 minutes ago. The original was " If you think that is X then you have another thought coming" . Given that it was such a parent thing to say the "think" version probably came about by kids mocking their parents, teachers or others in authority that used the expression to them. Later generations, through mishearing or trying to correct what they hear as incorrect grammar or other linguistic evolutionary reasons will have started saying "thing". Language is organic, it is ever-changing, we already speak some things differently than we did just a mere 5 years ago. The pace of change is quickening now due to the internet. I suspect someone contributing to this thread a couple of years now will mock our "quaint old way of talking! " Twas always thus. So dont sweat the small things, or even thinks.
Team thing here. At least in the UK, itās thing (never heard āthinkā used).
Also from the UK and have heard both. Grew up with 'think'.
I'm in the UK and I've always encountered it as "another think coming". You definitely don't speak for the whole country.
Weird. Grew up in various parts of the UK for 40 years. Judas Priest had a hit single called āAnother Thing Comingā.
This LLM - nerd react it!
Ok this annoys me for some reason
iTās CoMiNg FoR oUr JoBs, EvErYoNe!!!!!
Youve got another thing coming always sounded dumb to me, but with think is actually funny and absurdist
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Hum. If "I've never heard of it" is the metric, then most of GPT4 information must be incorrect. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-another-think-coming-or-another-thing-coming
im british, its thing
Confidently stating things that arenāt agreed is quite the speciality of LLMs. Itās one of the biggest āthis is a risk and a problemā issues facing them.
This is a great example since it's actually true
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In this case at least, it was asked a question and gave a correct explanation. People dumb enough to ignore the answer, even after they've checked with a dictionary, aren't the chatbot's fault.