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Pedants' corner

Pedants unite! Please come & vote for “another think coming”!

185 replies

GiantKitten · 04/09/2019 17:38

Dominic Grieve is reported to have said “another thing”!
In the Commons Shock

mobile.twitter.com/Natt/status/1169200952949321728

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GiantKitten · 04/09/2019 17:38

Oh sorry, forgot the

mobile.twitter.com/Natt/status/1169200952949321728

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LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 04/09/2019 17:41

Its always been thing in my world. We've had threads on this before and it's always 50/50.

DameXanaduBramble · 04/09/2019 17:46

Thing.

RaynaJaymes · 04/09/2019 17:49

I only ever heard of it as ‘think’ on mumsnet
Always thing for me

CherieBabySpliffUp · 04/09/2019 17:51

I thought it was think. Meaning you have to think about it again because you are wrong.

9Greenbottles · 04/09/2019 18:07

It is "another think" coming because you have thought about it, somebody is saying no to it, and you have to think about an alternative.

0blio · 04/09/2019 18:08

It's Think.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/09/2019 18:09

It should be 'another think'.

But given the current state of British politics, I'm not sure that word is applicable in this context.

Apolloanddaphne · 04/09/2019 18:10

It is think. Make no sense as thing.

pistolknight · 04/09/2019 18:10

It’s Think 🤔 anyone who says thing is wrong (and a little bit stupid)

imnottoofussed · 04/09/2019 18:11

It's definitely think

iklboo · 04/09/2019 18:11

It's think. If you THINK that then you've got another THINK coming (as in re-evaluate your thoughts).

LemonAddict · 04/09/2019 18:12

It’s think.

As in “if you think blah blah blah, you’ve got another think coming”.

FeltCarrot · 04/09/2019 18:12

Think.

GiantKitten · 04/09/2019 20:00

Are you all voting, via the twitter link?

btw Susie Dent says it should be think, but it’s been misheard almost from the start (some great responses on her thread Grin)

mobile.twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1088445059396120576?lang=en

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Owlish · 04/09/2019 20:02

Its 'think'. 'Another thing' doesn't make sense in the context of the phrase.

AltheaVestr1t · 04/09/2019 20:03

Wow! Mind blown. Mumsnet is a mine of information! 😁

Unshriven · 04/09/2019 20:03

Thing makes more sense.

As in 'you've got something else coming'.

'Think' sounds wrong, who'd ever use 'think' like that in a sentence?

GiantKitten · 04/09/2019 20:04

So far it’s 10:3 for think
(11:3 if I’m included)

SheepShagger that’s nearly 80:20, not 50:50 Grin

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GiantKitten · 04/09/2019 20:08

“Another think coming” = “you need to think again” or “you need to have another think”

It makes perfect sense! (& certainly a lot more sense than thing Grin)

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AKAanothername · 04/09/2019 20:10

It's 'think', I know this from years of my mother saying 'well, if you think you're going out looking like that you've got another think coming'. In other words, you're going to have to re-think your choice.

NoLeopard · 04/09/2019 20:14

Of course it's think! Thing doesn't make any sense at allConfused

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 04/09/2019 20:22

It's obviously "think". What would "thing" even mean in that context? The whole point of the phrase is the emphatic repetition of the word - "If you are stupid enough to think that that is true, you have another think coming."

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 04/09/2019 20:23

“If tha’ss wotchoo fink my gal, yoov gotta anuvver fink comin!”
So said my maternal grandad on many an occasion. He was born in 1905 so I’m willing to think he was definitely correct. (Well, that and ‘another thing coming’ doesn’t make sense).
And I am unanimous in that Grin (thank you Mrs Slocombe)

CosmicVagina · 04/09/2019 20:26

Thing.

As in the thing coming is a wallop Grin