How do you spell "through"?? "through" Formal, "Thru" OFFICIAL.

[LeeTJ]

i tend to spell it "thru". could we just change the spelling to "thru" permanently??

Hey, the federal and state governments all spell it THRU on all the street signs, hence "thru" must be OFFICIAL.

 

[SeaSerpent]

Nope, sorry....at this time I do not feel its necessary to change it. But feel free to ask tomorrow because I might change my mind.

 

[LeeTJ]

websters says thru is informal for through. JUST MAKE IT FORMAL. there is no reason not to and it can save everyone about 3 characters in typing, printing etc every time you use the damn word.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Thru looks stupid. Through looks fine. Threw looks fine. Why change it?

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Thru looks stupid. Through looks fine. Threw looks fine. Why change it?

did you check out the link?? it's already considered an informal usage of the word through. it isn't confused with anything else. no one would confuse thru with threw. there is no other word that uses the spelling for thru. so why not??

your claim that thru looks stupid is stupid.

 

[propellerhead]

Change "the" to "teh" while you're at it.

 

[SnapIT]

nukuler?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Thru looks stupid. Through looks fine. Threw looks fine. Why change it?

did you check out the link?? it's already considered an informal usage of the word through. it isn't confused with anything else. no one would confuse thru with threw. there is no other word that uses the spelling for thru. so why not??

No, I don't trust webster's. But dictionary.com has it listed as the same.

your claim that thru looks stupid is stupid.

I agree.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: propellerhead
Change "the" to "teh" while you're at it.

why that would be stupid and would serve no purpose, you'd still be typing 3 characters. DUHHHH.

 

[Blain]

You should axe smart peeps bout this kind O stuffs.


BTW, I spell it "through".

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Blain
You should axe smart peeps bout this kind O stuffs.

I am. if you define high IQ has smart.

have you seen the average IQ of ATOT peeps?? at least what they claim anyway.

 

[ElFenix]

if its thru i'm gonna think i'm at mcdonalds

"thank you, drive thru"

 

[Anubis]

it should be "Thru" because it makes sence. thots how it sounds. "Through" now lets see. the "gh" is in there but you dont pronounce it so whjt add it?/?????. just to be stupid. i think thats teh answer.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
it should be "Thru" because it makes sence. thots how it sounds. "Through" now lets see. the "gh" is in there but you dont pronounce it so whjt add it?/?????. just to be stupid. i think thats teh answer.

its a barrier to entry for foreigners, duh

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
it should be "Thru" because it makes sence. thots how it sounds. "Through" now lets see. the "gh" is in there but you dont pronounce it so whjt add it?/?????. just to be stupid. i think thats teh answer.

Why not "throo"?

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
it should be "Thru" because it makes sence. thots how it sounds. "Through" now lets see. the "gh" is in there but you dont pronounce it so whjt add it?/?????. just to be stupid. i think thats teh answer.

Why not "throo"?

'cause that looks like "throw".

 

[Zenmervolt]

It should stay "through". "Thru" looks as though it should be pronounced "thruh" since there is nothing present to make the "u" long. (I suppose that "thrue" would be the clearer way to spell the pronounciation.)

ZV

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It should stay "through". "Thru" looks as though it should be pronounced "thruh" since there is nothing present to make the "u" long. (I suppose that "thrue" would be the clearer way to spell the pronounciation.)

ZV

it's already commonly spelled "thru". that's why its in the dictionary as informal usage of through.

if it has made it in the dictionary as informal, then it's a reasonably small step to make it formal. it should only be a matter of usage. if the overwhelming majority of people start to use thru instead of through then an official change will be made.

that's how i see it happening anyway.

 

[ElFenix]

really what you're bitching about is the fact that schwa has no vowel of its own.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It should stay "through". "Thru" looks as though it should be pronounced "thruh" since there is nothing present to make the "u" long. (I suppose that "thrue" would be the clearer way to spell the pronounciation.)

ZV

it's already commonly spelled "thru". that's why its in the dictionary as informal usage of through.

if it has made it in the dictionary as informal, then it's a reasonably small step to make it formal. it should only be a matter of usage. if the overwhelming majority of people start to use thru instead of through then an official change will be made.

that's how i see it happening anyway.

Understood, but you still aren't ever going to find me using the word "thru" unless I'm discussing a trade name or specifically referencing the degenerate spelling of "through".

ZV

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It should stay "through". "Thru" looks as though it should be pronounced "thruh" since there is nothing present to make the "u" long. (I suppose that "thrue" would be the clearer way to spell the pronounciation.)

ZV

it's already commonly spelled "thru". that's why its in the dictionary as informal usage of through.

if it has made it in the dictionary as informal, then it's a reasonably small step to make it formal. it should only be a matter of usage. if the overwhelming majority of people start to use thru instead of through then an official change will be made.

that's how i see it happening anyway.

Understood, but you still aren't ever going to find me using the word "thru" unless I'm discussing a trade name or specifically referencing the degenerate spelling of "through".

ZV

Your a stubborn cat aren't you. COMON i need you onboard to start an ATOT revolution that will change FOREVER the spelling of thru from "through" to "thru".

 

[Sketcher]

"Thru" would be informal for "Through", according to Websters. So, though thorough linquistic representation would defer to "Through", thought should be given as to how it's intended to be used.

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: Blain
You should axe smart peeps bout this kind O stuffs.

I am. if you define high IQ has smart.

have you seen the average IQ of ATOT peeps?? at least what they claim anyway.

What's the average?

 

[godmare]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
it should be "Thru" because it makes sence. thots how it sounds. "Through" now lets see. the "gh" is in there but you dont pronounce it so whjt add it?/?????. just to be stupid. i think thats teh answer.

Frankyl, 'through' would have a slightly different pronunciation than 'thru'. Just like in the word 'when', there should be a difference from 'win' or 'wen', if it was a word
EDIT:
Evidently dictionary.com says: 'hwen, wen' for pronunciation of 'when', but the second 'wen' is newer. Sounds less formal to me...

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ
Your a stubborn cat aren't you. COMON i need you onboard to start an ATOT revolution that will change FOREVER the spelling of thru from "through" to "thru".

"You're"?

You can't be just now discovering that I'm stubborn, I would think that my stubborn-ness would have been evident very early on. It's all the German blood in me. "You can always tell a German, but you can't tell him much."

ZV