At 07:09 AM 8/22/02 -0700, you wrote:

--- Adam Harbst <ach139@yahoo.com> wrote:

The phrase, "You've got another thing coming," is a
widely accepted American idiom... I'm not familiar
with its etymology, but I would guess that it's
evolution is the result of people not realizing that
"think" can be correctly used as a noun.  

I had never heard of "you have another think coming", 
but after a little research it appears to be an excerpt 

>from a once popular (and purposely ungramatical?) joke 

that ended with "If that's what you think, you have 
another think coming." 

In any case,
it's been in widespread US (I don't know about the
UK...) use since at least the 70's, and the general
acceptance of its implied meaning makes its use
perfectly acceptable.  

And not nearly as confusing. As you said, most people,
including me, had no idea the verb "think" could be 
used as a noun.

The phrase, 'you've got another think coming,' is a lot older than the
1970s, and for its ungrammatical nature it makes more sense than 'you've
got another thing coming.'

Redneck


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with liberty and justice for all...
... they're not just words, Mr. Ashcroft...



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