“Like” is the new “Uh, or Um”. As annoying as it is.
I had some interesting conversations with a linguits some years ago and he was theorizing the the way we spell words will change over time. So many words are spelled the way they are because they are based on the old latin words, and they will fade away.
Think about it, why is “Through” spelled that way? I work in CAD and we use “THRU” all the time. Just a simple example, but our texting culture will be changing things folks!
In my line of work the way the word alignment is officially spelled is “alinement”... also, the distance between the rails of railroad track is not “gauge”... it is spelled “gage”.
I refuse to use THRU. It is improper.