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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm pretty sure that "thru" was, in fact, the result of one of the many attempts in the US to "rationalize" the spelling of the language, rather than being "slang". I can't find any references to that at present, but I'll try to find one.
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No, Harry. It's not a "slang." I don't recall anyone ever saying it was. It is a shorthand misspelling that has come into common usage. Nothing more, and nothing less.
There are a number of them. Actually quite a few. Possibly ours are not as common in your country. Although, you may have some of your own. You'd just have to actually look for them.