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Subject:I like thru From:"Robert E. Allen" <re_allen -at- PNL -dot- GOV> Date:Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:55:19 GMT
For me, "thru" is unambiguous. When I come across "through,"
I have to look at it carefully to be sure it isn't "thorough." I have
the same problem with "county" and "country;" they are both
government units, so the difference is not always clear from
context.
I suspect this is an educationally induced condition. I tend to read
entire words, only looking at the individual letters when I don't
recognize the word. Maybe I should have been born in a country
with a pictographic language--China anyone?
