ADS-L Digest - 22 May 2008 to 23 May 2008 (#2008-145)

Mon May 26 16:22:45 UTC 2008

On May 24, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Larry Horn wrote:

> At 1:53 AM -0400 5/24/08, Your Name wrote:
>> 1919 _Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald_ 12 Aug. 8/3 If you think the life of  a
>> movie star is all sunshine and flowers you've got another  thing
>> coming.
>>
>> I grew up in Syracuse, NY; and the newspaper there never got
>> *anything*
>> right!
>>
>> Actually, right there in Syracuse and environs, I often heard,
>> "You've got
>> another think coming."  I never once heard
>
> My only question is how could you tell (for the spoken version)? The
> vector for reanalysis would be that precise construction, which could
> be heard either way.  Newspaper renderings would be another story, of
> course.

yes.  see mark liberman's discussion, including his replies to comments:

ML, 5/3/08: Another thing coming about another think coming:
  http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=120

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