Yes. My dad spells it that way and occasionally remarked that we need to move to more sensible spellings of some words (mostly gh words). Stuck with me.
I’m probably inconsistent about it tho.
If it bothers you, I can change it. It just seems better.
It doesn’t bother me, but (just so you know) it did not occur to me prior to reading this comment that it might be deliberate—I thought that you just didn’t know the correct spelling for the relevant words.
I am not sure it is a very effective form of advocacy for orthographic reform to signal own illiteracy. I agree that English orthography is a disgrace.
I can live with “thru”, but “thot” assumes the cot-caught merger (“thaut” would be better) and “tho” looks awful to me (I’m not sure why). Anyway, I think most people find it easier to read irregular but familiar spellings than regular but unfamiliar ones.
“thru” might even have more currency than “through” by now.
Not in published books, not in the COCA nor in any other place from which I can get quantitative data I can think of.
Is the non-standard spelling at places (“thot” “thru”) deliberate?
Yes. My dad spells it that way and occasionally remarked that we need to move to more sensible spellings of some words (mostly gh words). Stuck with me.
I’m probably inconsistent about it tho.
If it bothers you, I can change it. It just seems better.
EDIT: changed it.
Please do change it.
done
It doesn’t bother me, but (just so you know) it did not occur to me prior to reading this comment that it might be deliberate—I thought that you just didn’t know the correct spelling for the relevant words.
Please don’t argue with a spell-checker.
I am not sure it is a very effective form of advocacy for orthographic reform to signal own illiteracy. I agree that English orthography is a disgrace.
Those spellings seem fine to me. “thru” might even have more currency than “through” by now.
I can live with “thru”, but “thot” assumes the cot-caught merger (“thaut” would be better) and “tho” looks awful to me (I’m not sure why). Anyway, I think most people find it easier to read irregular but familiar spellings than regular but unfamiliar ones.
Not in published books, not in the COCA nor in any other place from which I can get quantitative data I can think of.