Another think coming

[cimorene]

Listen, people.

It's not "If you think ___, you've got another thing coming". It's "If you think __, you've got another think coming." Get it? See how that works? The word "think" appears in both places! As if to suggest that the approaching think is going to replace the previous think which was in error! See how it even (gasp!) makes sense that way, whereas a "thing" coming in that context is so meaningless as to be completely baffling? [*]

Comments

[revulo.livejournal.com]

I knew I wasn't alone! lol
But I think this is because we're both Southern XD I swear, I heard "another think coming" first.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

But my childhood best friend who comments below grew up in AL and is of New England/Carolina extraction, and was in the "thing" camp - and had never heard of the alternative. I wonder if instead it's that I imprinted first by seeing it written? The link up there mentions that "think" dominates in (older?) print sources.

[revulo.livejournal.com]

*made incredibly happy*