This is the worst thing I’ve seen in a long time

[noblegiraffe]

Worse than Brexit. How can we have fallen so low? ‘Thing’ doesn’t make any sense!

Some rules of grammar are more fluid, which is precisely what I said. I never once said it isn't important to learn those rules but in some cases there are disputes and conflictions, which does (and has) made SATS difficult to grade and notoriously contentious.

We absolutely do NOT live in a doggy dog world.
However:
In summary: Another think coming is the older of the two, dating in use to the mid-19th century, and originated in British English. Another thing coming appears to have come about in American English several decades later, probably as a result of confusion regarding the original phrase. Another thing is the more recent turn of phrase and now is more common, though it is frequently criticized.

Link here: www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-another-think-coming-or-another-thing-coming

Poor old Judas Priest. I blame him.

From Isocsecles link-

"Both expressions are used to tell a person that they're wrong and should consider changing their mind."

How can you change your mind without thinking again?

So how can "thing" ever make any sense?

I can’t be bothered reading the whole thread, so maybe someone else has said this, but I thought the phrase was;

‘If you think that, you have another thought coming.’

Pedent's Corner

This brings me joy on what has otherwise been a rather bad day.

You're kidding, right? Please say this is sarcasm or I might just give up on our education system entirely.

I’m not very academic, OP, but I’m completely with you on this.

‘Another thing coming’ needs to be put in room 101 along with ‘I would of’

gnashes teeth

The joke rested on the presumption of a populace that was literate enough to know it was awkward and therefore to see the humour in it, like many of those kind of jokes from the 20th century

If you think the current day populace is literate enough to see the wordplay and humour in it you've got another think coming.

@BrittleJoys please can you direct me to Pedants Corner as I think it will be home from home...

40 yo Scot here. Voracious reader from childhood. It's always been "another thinG coming" round my neck of the woods. Not a recent thinK/G.

If you think I'm going to change now, you've got another thinG coming. 😈

pmsl at 'doggy-dog' world and the preachy poster who thought she was correcting another's racism whilst completely missing the point!

It is 'think' people. I have never even heard anyone say 'thing'. Good grief.

I’ve always said “you’ve got another thing coming”. It’s what my mom and nan always said, usually when I was being told off

I’ve never heard anyone say ‘think’ instead of ‘thing’. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

It’s thing, not think

If you think it is thing then I would go over this thread with a fine tooth comb if I was you.

Grates teeth.

It’s thing, not think

Aaargh no, it isn't. Look at the links posted up thread. It's think.

It’s think you fuckers! THINK!

This has blown my mind. I have ALWAYS thought it was thing and that made sense to me, not that I gave it much thought. I need to rethink some things now...

Jacob Rees-Mogg should be dealing with this instead of bad mouthing doctors using parliamentary privilege.

Oh god I am so uncouth I always thought it was another thing

It’s thing you fuckers! THING

I have never in my life heard this saying Can someone put in context please????

The majority of fools debating and wasting their time with this probably voted Leave. 😒🙄

Think. Think. THINK!!!
It’s always been think.