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The Colloq People lived a peaceable and happy existence in what would later become the United States, until the advent of the white settlers challenged their simple way of living and communicating. They not only had no written language (they were pre-scriptivists, in this sense), but they had no rules of grammar nor syntax, as well. Everyone was allowed to use words any way they liked and to mean anything they liked, so long as one other person agreed that she or he understood the speaker's intent. When missionaries attempted to teach them English, they developed the notion that their own language was primitive and required rules but were so confused by the effort that their language and eventually their culture died out.
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you done did thunk it out, Padre! 
formerly known as etaoin...
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I don't think it died out completely. There must have been some escapees...perhaps hidden in caves, who surfaced later. Else, how to account for "the floors need washed", "my hair needs cut", "this screed needs writ", and "throw the cow over the fence some hay"?
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"throw the cow over the fence some hay"?
I saw that episode of Northern Exposure.
Episode 29. "Burning Down The House" (2/3/92)
Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.
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Another think coming vs. another thing coming was discussed at length on another forum recently. Since it was discussed at length I'm thinking it was ezboard wordorigins. But then I may have another think/thing coming.
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ezboard wordorigins
It was, indeed, ezboard wordorigins. Unfortunately, the ezboard search function is worthless so it's almost impossible to find anything on that board. Sometimes googling 'phrase-of-interest wordorigins' works, but not this time.
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I've always heard "another thing coming" too. Haven't we discussed this here, somewhere in the distant past? Being wholly inadequate at finding anything with the search function, I'll leave it up to our expert trackers to find it. 
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>Haven't we discussed this here, somewhere in the distant past?
I thought so too, but my prepostal search didn't find anything (other than 1 instance of "another thing coming" posted by oftroy).
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...prepostal search ...
Is the antonym of prepostal postpostal?
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