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Another thing or another think?

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MaryPoppinUnannounced · 03/09/2020 16:04

So quick question is it

‘You’ve got another thing coming’ or
‘You’ve got another think coming’??

Worried I have been saying it wrong all these years Blush

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Hermano · 03/09/2020 16:04

Thing!

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Ribrabrob · 03/09/2020 16:05

It’s thing, surely?!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 03/09/2020 16:05

I say thing. I know it's think.

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feistyoneyouare · 03/09/2020 16:05

It's 'think'.

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ChanklyBore · 03/09/2020 16:06

It’s think. If you think it’s thing, you’ve got another think coming.

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Anoisagusaris · 03/09/2020 16:06

Thing

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Palavah · 03/09/2020 16:06

It's think.

"so you think you're taking the last piece of cake, do you? Well you've another think coming!"

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Palavah · 03/09/2020 16:07

@chanklybore LOL

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GreyishDays · 03/09/2020 16:07
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MaryPoppinUnannounced · 03/09/2020 16:08

Bloody hell.

I have been saying ‘thing’ Blush, however, it appears I’m not the only one.

@ChanklyBore Grin

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fairydustandpixies · 03/09/2020 16:10

Think!!!

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Doyoumind · 03/09/2020 16:13

This comes up time and time again on here. It's think but lots of people say thing.

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Devlesko · 03/09/2020 16:15

Thing.

"And for another think" wouldn't make sense.

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devildeepbluesea · 03/09/2020 16:16

It's think. "If you think.......then you've another think coming". Thing makes absolutely no sense. It means you need to prepare to think differently.

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Bigoldwimp · 03/09/2020 16:17

Think. Bizarre but true

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LuxuryWoman2020 · 03/09/2020 16:20

Think. Nothing else would make sense. Its think

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Foxyloxy1plus1 · 03/09/2020 16:20

It’s think. It’s always been think. It always will be think.

‘If you think that, you’ve got another think coming’
‘If you thing that, you’ve got another thing coming’

Second makes no sense.

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BunnyLovesBananas · 03/09/2020 16:21

Thing

Never occurred to me it would be "think"

Some people pronounce "thing" as "think"

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ZaZathecat · 03/09/2020 16:24

It's 'think'. As in 'you'd better think twice about doing that'.

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Redglitter · 03/09/2020 16:25

And for another think" wouldn't make sense

But thats a totally different scenario to the one the OP is asking about

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Shitzngiggles · 03/09/2020 16:25

Think

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Reallybadidea · 03/09/2020 16:28

I blame Judas Priest.

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ChateauMargaux · 03/09/2020 16:28

Think is a verb, thing is a noun. The sentence in question requires a noun, therefore a thing or a thought.. not a think!! You are all wrong!!

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HasaDigaEebowai · 03/09/2020 16:30

Its think. It means think again

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CatteStreet · 03/09/2020 16:30

Think!

It's verbal wordplay. It doesn't have to make grammatical sense.

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