You have another ________ coming

TDGee

You have another thing coming. Think doesn't make any sense. You're threatening to punish them. Thats the "thing"

But what does the "another" refer to? If the thing is referencing a punishment, why not say "you've got "a thing coming" or "something coming"?

I've got a thing, but not another thing. I think.

xo_jewel_xo

*HEADDESK*

Sorry, would you rather yet another post about eating exercise calories?

Ha! No, but could you post one about what you find attractive in the opposite sex, please?

Or maybe another TOM thread?? :laugh:

CaptainGordo

I'm in Texas, here both words are wrong. Its "yew gottanuther theen cumin"

Now THAT I like!

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hamncheese67

They are both correct. This is from Wikipedia (read the last line):

"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was originally released on their 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance and released as a single later that year. In May 2006, VH1 ranked it fifth on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

The song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, making it Judas Priest's only charting song in the United States.

The song's title is an eggcorn idiom, in use since at least 1919, from the original expression, "You've got another think coming," published as early as 1898.

Juliebean_1027

*HEADDESK*

Sorry, would you rather yet another post about eating exercise calories?

Ha! No, but could you post one about what you find attractive in the opposite sex, please?

Or maybe another TOM thread?? :laugh:

Yes! Those are definitely my favorite! (Also, I'm finding a serious need for a 'sarcasm' smiley today. Where's the eye roll smiley when you need him/her?)

iAMaPhoenix

I got to the second paragraph and my head exploded...

starracer23

T-H-I-N-G!!

TheRoadDog

If you believe it's "think", you have another thing coming.

Hellbent_Heidi

It's a British phrase, not an American one and it's definitely another THINK coming. You think wrongly so you need to think again. How can you have ANOTHER thing coming when there wasn't a first thing?

It IS a British phrase, and it is THING. Only idiots say think. Probably the same people who pronounce something "sump think" and think H has an h at the start of it.

LOL...or the same who say "expecially"....oh how we could probably go on about mispronounced words!

amymeenieminymo

My friends and I have a way to resolve disputes like this. Try this link...

http://tinyurl.com/6z262tw

Funny, but I'm pretty sure I said I googled it and got mixed responses. Darn that dissapearing ink!



"I did some googling (yes I am very bored) and it seems half the world says "think", the other half say "thing". Those who say think, say people might think (no pun intended) that it's thing because phonetically think does sound like thingk, and the KA ending of think blurs with the CA beginning of coming, so therefore over time people thought it was "thing"."

Qarol

I'm in Texas, here both words are wrong. Its "yew gottanuthatheen cumin"

cumin

kaits108

I think this thread is a MOO point

:laugh: that was such a good episode!

CaptainGordo

The song's title is an eggcorn idiom, in use since at least 1919, from the original expression, "You've got another think coming," published as early as 1898.

So, it's a matter of preference. 19th century or 21st?

CaptainGordo

I'm in Texas, here both words are wrong. Its "yew gottanuthatheen cumin"

cumin

With one "m", a fantastic condiment. Makes for killer tamales when you toss some whole seeds into the masa.

With two "m", equally fantastic -- but not in the masa.

crisanderson27

How is this even a debate??

*HEADDESK*

I'll get us both some ice, dear...

Me too, please.

amymeenieminymo

I think this thread is a MOO point

Ha, it's a cow's opinion, just doesn't matter.

Qarol

I think this thread is a MOO point

Not as bad as the time a user called it a mute point.
:huh:

McKayMachina

Did you even TRY to google it?

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/thing.html

Gigi_licious

I'm in Texas, here both words are wrong. Its "yew gottanuthatheen cumin"

cumin

With one "m", a fantastic condiment. Makes for killer tamales when you toss some whole seeds into the masa.

With two "m", equally fantastic -- but not in the masa.

Roflmao....you two

CaptainGordo

I think this thread is a MOO point

Not as bad as the time a user called it a mute point.
:huh:

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mommared53

It's "You have another think coming. Because if the child thinks (as in has a thought) he/she is going to do something and the parent says the child is not going to do whatever he/she wanted to do then it's logical the child would have another think (as in thought) coming.

CaptainGordo

I think this thread is a MOO point

Not as bad as the time a user called it a mute point.
:huh:

so.... they didn't say anything?

Nope. That's why they had to point.

MrsCon40

They are both correct. This is from Wikipedia (read the last line):

"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was originally released on their 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance and released as a single later that year. In May 2006, VH1 ranked it fifth on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

The song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, making it Judas Priest's only charting song in the United States.

The song's title is an eggcorn idiom, in use since at least 1919, from the original expression, "You've got another think coming," published as early as 1898.

Well that's just sad. Screaming for Vengeance is a better song IMHO.

And anything off British Steel is far superior.

*sigh*

_beachgirl_

Is it.....

piss and vigor

or

piss and vinegar

killagb

It's "You have another think coming. Because if the child thinks (as in has a thought) he/she is going to do something and the parent says the child is not going to do whatever he/she wanted to do then it's logical the child would have another think (as in thought) coming.

Sounds like you've got another thing comin'.

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Juliebean_1027

Is it.....

piss and vigor

or

piss and vinegar

Neither. It's "piss in vinegar."

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