because there is no specific thing coming
it's an open-ended threat

I'm perfectly willing to concede that you are right but the bad use of the language in "another think coming" just doesn't ring true.

similarly, by your rationale, why wouldn't it be "another thought coming" there's no reason for it to be think, and that makes less sense to me than some undisclosed thing.

edit: My recent research has led me to believe that think is the original and correct, with earlier citations, and that the bad grammar is deliberate, which is perfectly understandable.

I don't like it though, and I maintain that the thing variant can make sense if considered in the way I have outlined above.

now I am going home
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:59, Reply)