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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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Through and Thru ParkinT 03/07/2007 3:04 PM Re: Through and Thru tsuwm 03/07/2007 3:46 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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