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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Through and Thru #166590 03/07/2007 3:04 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando I was waiting in the doctor's office this morning, staring out the glass window and noticed (reading it in reverse) that the hours were listed as: Mon. thru Fri. When did it first appear? When did it become acceptable to use THRU to mean through? "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Through and Thru ParkinT #166594 03/07/2007 3:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass it's given as a variant in M-W Seventh Collegiate (1967), and as informal in AHD4; but I haven't seen a date for its origin. edit: and here's the listing from the online 1913 Webster's: Thru (?), prep., adv. & a. Through. [Ref. spelling.] (the "?" is in the origin position; Ref. = reformed??) Last edited by tsuwm; 03/07/2007 4:04 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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