The common misspelling of the word "through": thru

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notposting

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Long time annoyance for me online is: shinny instead of shiny.
Newer one I've seen popping up waaaaay too much lately: lost in place of loss, ie "So sorry for your lost"
 

silicon

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Long time annoyance for me online is: shinny instead of shiny.
Newer one I've seen popping up waaaaay too much lately: lost in place of loss, ie "So sorry for your lost"

and this well known massacre of the english language.....

All your base are belong to us
 

manimal

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whan the april with his shores a sotta. The drought of march had perced to the rotta..
 

Ichinisan

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Why do so many people spell it as "thru?" It's ridiculous! It's everywhere! It's even in schools! STOP THE MADNESS!

The reason is fucking obvious.

Better question: Why does it bother you?

I'd like to see how it would look if they tried to write in the lane:

DRIVE
THROUGH

They'd have to make the text smaller.
 

FuzzyDunlop

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I thought it was an American vs. British thing.

I use 'thru' all the time because it's shorter to write. Pretty sure it's grammatically correct.

I for sure will use it all the time, now that I no it ticks people off.
 

slugg

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The reason is fucking obvious.

Better question: Why does it bother you?

I'd like to see how it would look if they tried to write in the lane:

DRIVE
THROUGH

They'd have to make the text smaller.

Why does it bother me? Because it's fucking stupid. It's a fabrication of the uneducated. Sure, use it on a "drive thru" sign to make it fit, but don't use it in formal writing. Schools even use it. Aren't schools supposed to be teaching proper English? It's not even my first language and I still think it's stupid.

Other annoyances:
Tho vs Though
Of vs Have
"Drive safe" vs "drive safely"
 

QueBert

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axe vs ask doesn't seem weird to me. Saying it fast can make it seem like you said axe. Now Bostonians calling Pizza "Pizzer" are clearly incorrect.
 

MongGrel

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I've always found it funny when I hear people say pacific instead of specific myself.

Kinda the same thing.

Don't go Nuklar, J/K a bit.
 

silicon

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Why does it bother me? Because it's fucking stupid. It's a fabrication of the uneducated. Sure, use it on a "drive thru" sign to make it fit, but don't use it in formal writing. Schools even use it. Aren't schools supposed to be teaching proper English? It's not even my first language and I still think it's stupid.

Other annoyances:
Tho vs Though
Of vs Have
"Drive safe" vs "drive safely"

yes i agree all schools are supposed to teach the proper usage of the english language but it seems that cultural differences, education level, job requirements etc affect our literacy levels. With trying to purposely slag anyone certain groups have difficulty in speaking and writing. This, i believe, is caused with who they associate with and what is acceptable as "street level" english. There is no excuse to not use proper english but i think many don't or cannot.
 

angminas

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I have no problem with language evolving. However, devolving through laziness, egotism, or simply poor education is offensive. Not really because of the words, but because the same lazy attitude which makes people not care about proper spelling and usage creates real problems in other, more important areas. Poor language is a symptom of a bigger disease, so it bothers those of us who can see the real problem.
 

shortylickens

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I have no problem with language evolving. However, devolving through laziness, egotism, or simply poor education is offensive.


Ummm, thats actually the main reason language changes so much.


Go read some fucking Shakespeare. You bastard.
 

silicon

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Ummm, thats actually the main reason language changes so much.


Go read some fucking Shakespeare. You bastard.

a little Shakespeare for you... To be or Not To Be....


To be, or not to be, that is the question—
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die, to sleep—
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time,
The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's Contumely,
The pangs of despised Love, the Law’s delay,
The insolence of Office, and the Spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his Quietus make
With a bare Bodkin? Who would these Fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered Country, from whose bourn
No Traveler returns, Puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus Conscience does make Cowards of us all,
And thus the Native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their Currents turn awry,
And lose the name of Action. Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia. Nymph, in all thy Orisons
Be thou all my sins remembered.
 

cronos

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Very common on shop and engineering drawings.

In transportation engineering it's always been 'thru traffic'. This is also reflected in traffic signs, etc.

It definitely has been a commonly accepted evolution of the word for a long time.
 

rh71

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hell I don't even capitalize the first word in my sentences in forums nor do I add punctuation if it's a 1-liner
 

Leyawiin

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My peeve is this "Shtay shtrong in the shtreet" crap that cropped up a few decades ago. Any word that starts with an "st" gets an "h" thrown in between them. Even the newscaster on a local station does it.

Its not a misspelling, so I don't know why I'm venting here.