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Apparently this reminder is needed.

It is a meme.

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[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it's pronounced "hiccup" but some people don't respect the spelling and write it phonetically.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've never seen it written that way, love to read, was an EMT, went to college, etc... Just saying I missed that somewhere and often saw hiccup, even in EMT educational textbooks.

[–] Evia@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

UK here; hiccough is definitely what I've seen and been taught, perhaps it's a geographical thing?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

A mystery unraveling

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They are both valid spellings

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This I return to my original: who says hiccough? I'm relatively well read and have some exposure to biology and medical professional context, and never saw it that way

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

what do you mean by "says"? everyone in English says "hik-up"

some people spell it hiccough and others hiccup.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was just saying why you wouldn’t have seen it

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I like boobies too and am bored of this