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Question: "If you think I'm going to vote for Donald Trump, you've got another _____ coming."
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think (American)		  
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think (not American)		  
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thing (American)		  
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thing (not American)		  
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John Dule
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E: 6.57, S: -7.50

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« on: September 14, 2020, 12:58:56 AM »
Choose the option that you would use to complete this sentence, as well as your nationality.
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John Dule
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2020, 01:09:58 PM »
Quote from: Dashushu, the Anti-Centrist Menace on September 14, 2020, 11:15:19 PM
I don't think I've ever seen "thing" reanalyzed as "think" in this context. It makes sense that someone would write that, because "thing" and "think" would sound the same in spoken speech before /k/. But I haven't seen it.

It might interest you to know that "think" was actually the original expression, while "thing" is an egghorn. Nevertheless, I agree that the new version is better and makes more grammatical sense.
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John Dule
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2020, 12:35:42 PM »
Quote from: Ted Bessell on September 16, 2020, 04:58:34 AM
Did you watch Love, Guaranteed on Netflix too? Tongue

No, I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jimmy Stewart uses the old version.
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John Dule
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2020, 12:26:47 AM »

Only boomers, I would think.
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