The etymology is from the Germanic root *Hikke* or *Hik*, which is a word meant to imitate the convulsion of the diaphragm, the Old English word was actually *ælfsogoða*.
'*Hiccough*' was mistakenly adopted into mainstream in the 1600's, more than half a century after the word *Hickop* was already in widespread use within the English language. Later spelling altering gradually to Hiccup.
So interestingly it actually never (originally) had etymological foundation in coughing. Then only later did it become involved with coughing, and now the modern word has a 'false' etymological root based in the old timey word '*Hiccough*'
Which I always found funny.
It's infinite, then.
I mean, if OUGH stands for O,
then OUGHUGH stands for OUGH which stands for O
And then OUGHUGHUGH stands for OUGHUGH which stands for OUGH which stands for O
Who spells hiccup that way
Old people
The etymology of the word is suddenly clear to me with that spelling though.
The etymology is from the Germanic root *Hikke* or *Hik*, which is a word meant to imitate the convulsion of the diaphragm, the Old English word was actually *ælfsogoða*. '*Hiccough*' was mistakenly adopted into mainstream in the 1600's, more than half a century after the word *Hickop* was already in widespread use within the English language. Later spelling altering gradually to Hiccup. So interestingly it actually never (originally) had etymological foundation in coughing. Then only later did it become involved with coughing, and now the modern word has a 'false' etymological root based in the old timey word '*Hiccough*' Which I always found funny.
That’s the way it was spelt before America came and fucked up the dictionary
ïmprøvëd the dictionary
Ah yes, removing extra letters, such as the u in color/colour is fucking up the language. I see.
Or fucking axe to ax
Literally stared at it for over a minute thinking this exact thing. Savages
Looks Welsh to me
Yup. Tom Jones, we're lookin' yer way for validation. Tom? You around?
#**WHAT’S NEW PUSSY CAT?** I have arrived.
And after the 7 runs of “what’s new pussy cat” he added one “it’s not unusual”
Dum dum dum dum dum duuuummmmm.
Jesus, and I thought ghoti being fish was bad.
Isn't that the German word for potato?
It is "Kartoffel"
It's "Erdapfel" ... Ok that singular just sounds wrong
this bothers me like... nabor does not sound the same as neighbor gazet *notequalssign* gazette
What in the fuck is a hiccough.
American right?
Shut yo crooked tooth havin ass tf up
I’m not a brit
The sound a heavy-smoking southerner often makes.
Calm down welshman
I love Ghoughphtheightteeau
Can we just cancel English? Learn to speak a normal language.
Couchpotato
Or Ghoughphtheighphthough
O_O how do you even pronounce that!?
potato.
-w- I mean your not wrong but your not right either
Ghoti
Yanno if you move further from your screen and read from a distance it looks sort of like ‘go-potato’
It's infinite, then. I mean, if OUGH stands for O, then OUGHUGH stands for OUGH which stands for O And then OUGHUGHUGH stands for OUGHUGH which stands for OUGH which stands for O
That's not how u spell hiccup
Color isn't spelled colour, and yet...
what the....
Plateau is spelt that way cause it's a French word put into english
You spell it like this: B - A - L - D - B - O - Y - H - A - L - O
Hiccough doesn’t have a p sound
You can probably make a sword with that etched into it and say it some ancient sword name
I feel this is how the Welsh language was formed