Re: USAGE: Language revival

Patrick Dunn wrote:
> This is why it's
> slightly annoying to see people spell "through" as "thru" -- we don't
> "read" (Or sound out) t-h-r-o-u-g-h, but we have to "read" (sound out)
> t-h-r-u.
Even better proof, homophones like they're/their/there, I and many
others find it annoying when they're used wrongly, like "There car".

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