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toilet also used to mean a dressing table. from toile, to "a fine cloth cover on the dressing table for the articles spread upon it;" thence "the articles, collectively, used in dressing" (mirror, bottles, brushes, combs, etc.) and also occasionally the table itself. I remember a Victorian poem which said something about the "toilet seat" which we found very amusing.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostOk, having now done some research, it does indeed seem like it was originally think. Though most places do say that the corrupted version of thing is actually more widely used than think these days, which by the measure of usage actually makes it right too. But, yeah, alright.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostOk, having now done some research, it does indeed seem like it was originally think. Though most places do say that the corrupted version of thing is actually more widely used than think these days, which by the measure of usage actually makes it right too. But, yeah, alright.
I despair sometimes.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostSo - 'If you think you can get away with that, you've got another thing coming...'?
I despair sometimes.
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Indeed, as I tried to point out upthread.
It's not a particularly pleasing noun, but a noun nonetheless.
(But, ad hoc, I was less criticising your [very commonplace] error than despairing at yet another incorrect expression being absorbed into the language...)Last edited by Jah Womble; 22-12-2017, 12:31.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostSo - 'If you think you can get away with that, you've got another thing coming...'?
I despair sometimes.
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