Stamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoFor real though. Tough to get through.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1372file-text
arrow-up1372imageFor real though. Tough to get through.lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square126fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoit’s pronounced “hiccup” but some people don’t respect the spelling and write it phonetically.
minus-squareEvia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoUK here; hiccough is definitely what I’ve seen and been taught, perhaps it’s a geographical thing?
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agowhat do you mean by “says”? everyone in English says “hik-up” some people spell it hiccough and others hiccup.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI was just saying why you wouldn’t have seen it
it’s pronounced “hiccup” but some people don’t respect the spelling and write it phonetically.
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UK here; hiccough is definitely what I’ve seen and been taught, perhaps it’s a geographical thing?
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They are both valid spellings
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what do you mean by “says”? everyone in English says “hik-up”
some people spell it hiccough and others hiccup.
I was just saying why you wouldn’t have seen it
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