thing vs think

Subject: thing vs think
From: LaVonna Funkhouser <lffunkhouser -at- HALNET -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 08:24:08 -0600

Another thing coming...
Another think coming...

Perhaps we are revealing a regional difference in the
phrase. The linguists out there know that such differences
are part of what distinguishes dialects.

I live in the Great Southwest of the US (by one definition).
Here we say "thing" or "thang"!

I wonder what the origin of this phrase is?

LaVonna lffunkhouser -at- halnet -dot- com


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