Baffled.
So, you know… you go by in life believing in certain things. The sky is blue. Chocolate is delicious. Noah Centineo is everyone’s Internet Boyfriend. And, the phrase ‘you have another thing coming’ is correct.
But no, that’s a lie because that’s not the right phrase at all. We’ve been saying it wrong all our lives and we had no clue.
But then Twitter stepped in and corrected us, of course.
See, writer Tammy Cohen took to the social media site with this tweet:
My copyeditor has corrected ‘you’ve another thing coming’ to ‘you’ve another think coming’ and I just googled it and she’s right and now everything I’ve ever known is a lie
— Tammy Cohen (@MsTamarCohen) January 19, 2019
WE KNOW. Another THINK coming.
And ever since, the whole Internet has lost their mind:
Wait, what? pic.twitter.com/kQirYNX89y
— David Dines (@DMDines) January 21, 2019
I learned this in my 20s after seeing it in several books as “think.”
I’m 35 now and it still throws me off.
…I definitely prefer “thing.”
— Sideshow Susie (@Tobi_Is_Fab) January 21, 2019
I’m googling now
— Another Space Cowboy (@AnitherSpace) January 21, 2019
I have reported this tweet to the police
— Jason “David Wong” Pargin (@JohnDiesattheEn) January 20, 2019
I discovered that about two years ago and couldn’t believe I’d being saying it wrong for so long!
— C.L. Taylor (@callytaylor) January 19, 2019
It looks wrong tho and it’s distracting.
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) January 20, 2019
No,no, no…
It can’t be.Can it? pic.twitter.com/a5ZVtKxlID
— Fiona Cummins (@FionaAnnCummins) January 19, 2019
I will never be able to accept this as correct. My mind can’t compute.
— Lia Middleton (@liayiacoumi) January 19, 2019
Just googled it. My mind has been blown. It makes perfect sense. https://t.co/r0AiuZz81c
— Tom Fletcher (@TomFletcher) January 21, 2019
Everyday is a school day, huh?
