Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"
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Wed May 28 18:15:18 PDT 2014
On Wednesday, 28 May 2014 at 13:05:53 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
>
> Whats wrong with "If you think that, you have another thing
> coming."?
>
> I've always understood it sort of like say your Father saying:
>
> "If you think that [i.e. you can steal your little brother's
> ice cream cone], then you have another thing [i.e no ice
> cream, but maybe the leather strap] coming."
I think it depends on the context, "another thing coming" works
with threats whereas "another think coming" works with
civilized/intellectual disagreement.
Due to the popularity of "another thing coming" I probably would
avoid using "think coming" lest it be interpreted as hostility.
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