And someone else would argue that it means that it’s not really a museum.
OP, when you saw the word “thru” was it being pronounced throo, or thruhhh? If it’s the second, you’re right; it’s not a word. If it’s the first, then yes it is a word.
It’s a word that has been spelled incorrectly.
But the end result is - she still broke my heart. :sad:
Once the trans fats are gone you can have them because I do t think they’ll taste as good. And doughnuts are one of my favorite foods!!
“Thru” seems to be a legitimate word in the “British English” version of the Cambridge Dictionary Online but is not considered a word in the “American English” version.
English definition of “thru”
preposition /θruː/ US not standard
› through
I’m trying to commit this to memory so I can [del]steal[/del] re-use it.
Thru is probably my favorite shortened non-standard spelling. I mean outside of H[sub]2[/sub]O but that is not worth typing, just writing.
I usually use through but I actually prefer thru. Through is a stupid relic.
The Simplified Spelling Board. Andrew Carnegie funded the organization and
There is no solution to the problems of American spelling. Bozuit is right to say that the language is decided by the usage of good writers and ludicrously wrong in thinking that thru isn’t part of this. No two good writers agree on what is good - the American Heritage Usage Board exploded that myth in the 1960s. We all have personal pet peeves. I don’t use thru myself. But I can’t imagine how anyone can argue that many, many good writers use the word and that it isn’t part of the standard language, except perhaps in the most formal of contexts. All that says is that you don’t understand the language, not that you’re a defender of it.
Rail against apostrophes in plurals and I’ll be right by your side. This is a personal preference that you can’t - and shouldn’t - enforce on anyone else.
Without evolution, you’d still be a unicellular organism.
Too much rage!!! 
Rite is one where the difference is useful (rite/write/right), so I’d resist changing that one.
If we can handle PED XING, we can handle THRU STREET.
There’s alot to be said for that.
One shortened term I’ve noticed lately is alum. Alum is used in this case meaning alumnus or alumna, not aluminum potassium sulfate, which is an astringent chemical used in pickles.
Alumnus is only three letters longer than alum. I’d think one would want be happy to show off one’s vocabulary by using those three letters.
Watching this on youtube made me chill quite a bit on such subjects The history of English (combined) - YouTube though I very much prefer Australians to use British spelling to American for some reason, I can read both fine but really prefer a doughnut to a donut.
Or you might be even happier by using a non-gendered term.
What would be the male and female versions of “alum” or “alumnus”?
Alumnus, alumna, alumni, alumnae. That’s male and female singular followed by male and female plural. Unless I misunderstood the question. “Alum” is a gender-neutral form that does away with the Latinate forms.
Alum bugs the hell out of me because I read it as the culinary name for aluminum potassium sulfate. maybe grad would be better if something has to be shortened. Also, there are many sexually ambiguous names out there that can use gender clarification. I say humbug to gender neutral forms.
Face, meet palm. And yet this is even worse than it looks. The answer was right there in the post!
Ignorance fought. Thanks for the reply.
Thru might not be a word but “drive thru” is. Seriously, have they ever had a sign that said “drive through”? If so, I’ve never seen such.