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minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·7 days agoThis made me irrationally angry. Or maybe rationally angry. I can’t tell anymore.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoHe’s only ever seen the word when it’s preceded by "drive-” and that’s how fast food places have decided to spell it.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 days agoMeh, it’s Twitter and English desperately needs a spelling reform. Kinda similar to how Hitler abolished Gothic print / black letter.
minus-squareDarkSirrush@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down11·7 days agoThats how Americans think through is spelt. Its even in their dictionary!
minus-squarehalferect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-27 days agoI’m a American and never seen it spelt that way, it’s always been through… did som research looks like it came from Scottish english
minus-squarehalferect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 days agoLooked up Europe and it’s also drive thru? I guess it’s everywhere and not just those pesky Americans
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 minutes agoIt’s almost like abbreviations abbreviate… for brevity.
minus-squareDarkSirrush@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·6 days agoIt… Really isn’t though? It is used on government road signage in the US. Its in the US dictionary and has been for decades. Not sure how that counts as ‘slang’.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days ago It’s in the US dictionary and has been for decades Yes, defined as non-standard. It may be time for you to look into abbreviations and why they exist.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 days agoHa, it really is… What do you know.
thru???
This made me irrationally angry. Or maybe rationally angry. I can’t tell anymore.
He’s only ever seen the word when it’s preceded by "drive-” and that’s how fast food places have decided to spell it.
Meh, it’s Twitter and English desperately needs a spelling reform. Kinda similar to how Hitler abolished Gothic print / black letter.
Thats how Americans think through is spelt. Its even in their dictionary!
I’m a American and never seen it spelt that way, it’s always been through… did som research looks like it came from Scottish english
Looked up Europe and it’s also drive thru? I guess it’s everywhere and not just those pesky Americans
It’s almost like abbreviations abbreviate… for brevity.
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It… Really isn’t though? It is used on government road signage in the US. Its in the US dictionary and has been for decades.
Not sure how that counts as ‘slang’.
Yes, defined as non-standard. It may be time for you to look into abbreviations and why they exist.
Ha, it really is… What do you know.