Hiccup
Just saw the spelling `hiccough` over on Straight Dope. I thought this version, which apparently arose due to `assimilation to cough`, was pretty recent. It goes way back to 1580 though.BTW, the SOED...
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I grew up being told that the "correct" spelling was "hiccough", and that "hiccup" was nothing more than a slangy shortcut, a la "nite", "enuf", "thru". I fully expect that my grade-school...
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