• fireweed@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Hate to break it to you, but both “drive-through” and “drive-thru” are considered correct.

    Wikipedia refers to “A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through)…”

    As explained on Erin Wright Writing, “According to our primary American-English dictionaries (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language), drive-through is the preferred spelling, while drive-thru is an accepted informal variant. However, the use of drive-thru has become so common that using drive-through now feels incorrect.”

    Also keep in mind this is Xitter, where abbreviations are are a normalized (often necessary) part of the lingo.