[Ads-l] "another thing coming" antedated to 1866

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Ben found a pertinent newspaper headline in "The Washington Post" on
April 29, 1897:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004972.html

[Begin excerpt]
Another "Think" Coming to Them
[End excerpt]

Here is a citation a couple months later containing "another thing
coming" with the appropriate sense. The phrase "these things" seems to
pair with "another thing coming".

Date: June 24, 1897
Newspaper: Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press (Star-Gazette)
Newspaper Location: Elmira, New York
Article: Cycling Gossip
Quote Page 3, Column 2

[Begin excerpt - check typos]
In witnessing these things they imagine that these battles and
quarrels of the track are carried on after the races are over. The
people who think this "have another thing coming," for the men travel
in one of the most peaceful parties that follows any line of sport.
[End excerpt]

Garson


On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid COHA has some bad metadata here. The quote is from "Tom Swift in
> the City of Gold" by Victor Appleton, published in 1912.
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=UP0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA84
>
> So it's not an antedating of "another think coming" (let alone "another
> thing coming" suggested by the subject line). 1897 is still the date to
> beat.
>
> --Ben
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Via COHA:
>>
>> No one looking like either was to be seen, and Tom’s mind at once went
>> back to the vacant seats at the table. “By Jove, Ned!” he exclaimed. “I
>> believe I have it!”
>> “Have what–a fit of seasickness?”
>> “No, but these empty seats–the persons we saw you know–they belong there
>> and they’re afraid to come out and be seen.”
>> “Why should they be–if they’re not the Fogers. I guess you’ve got *another
>> think* coming.”
>>
>> Date    1866
>> Publication information         Lee and Shepard
>> Title   Outpost
>> Author  Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin), 1831-1894
>> Source  Outpost
>>
>>
>> Blogged, with links to Ben's and Mark Liberman's discussions on Language
>> Log in 2007/2008: https://literalminded.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/another-
>> thought-coming/
>>
>> Neal
>>
>>
>
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