The Picard ManeuverYou can feel how cathartic this must have been for someone
xantoxisOn the one hand, a sign like this definitely did have enough room for the full spelling of “through”. There seems to be no reason to abbreviate it.
On the other hand, isn’t drive-thru just, like, its own noun now? Part of me thinks this was always spelled correctly.
It seems like shorthand for signs that has been used enough that it’s basically normal now, like “lite” instead light, or “donut” instead of doughnut.
For some reason, my brain says that ‘lite’ was used for diet products because it uses 20% fewer letters.
Now I can’t remember if that was a comedian’s joke or actually part of a legitimate reason for its popularity…