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I'd outlaw sauce bottles which make getting it all out harder, especially the ones which don't have the opening at the bottom and make it impossible to put the bottle with the opening facing downwards.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always thought they're called a drive thru?

[โ€“] grayman 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thru is a word only in the sense that kleen, kwik, kut, tuff, chik, nite, lite, tho, etc are words. It's called cacography or eye dialect and is the result of marketing and advertising agencies not being able to copyright common phrases. When the terms enter colloquial language, they're still used but not copyrighted as the incorrect spelling still draws your attention.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Through is a ridiculous way to spell something pronounced threw though. I say kick through to the curb and embrace thru.

[โ€“] grayman 1 points 1 year ago

Ha ha Etymology is fascinating. English is a wild language.