"thing/think" [was: on the eggcorn beat]

[Joel S. Berson]

Do I hear two generational divides within one lifetime?

Joel

At 4/30/2008 01:53 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>At 41, this is the first time I've heard that "think" is the correct
>choice. I don't think it's worth trying to change, and I think I would
>use "thing" even if writing for public consumption. BB
>
>On Apr 30, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
>>I grew to the age of about eighteen believing that "another _thing_
>>coming" was inexplicably the correct idiom.
>>
>>  My personal explanation, IIRC, was that the "thing" was whatever
>>would change your mind.
>>
>>  JL
>
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