2022-08-27
151221-3 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H -– Hiccup & hiccough
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้อง ในที่นี้ เป็นไป ตามมาตรฐาน ของภาษา
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่กำหนดมาตฐาน ถือตามส่วนใหญ่ที่ใช้แต่ละท้องถิ่น
ความหมาย อาจยืดหยุ่น ขึ้นอยู่กับ ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค
Ref.: http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/783689
Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Hiccup or hiccough = “HIK-uhp”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression:
Hiccup & hiccough
These words referring to a spasm of the diaphragm
are pronounced alike: “HICK-up”
(Hick-off” is a regional unrecommended pronunciation)
Both spellings are standard,
although some writers apparently
consider hiccough more genteel than hiccup.
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionarry:
Hiccup & hiccough
Both words are pronounced ‘hiccup’
and either spelling can be used.
The second spelling (hiccup) is more usual
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
hiccup
The word hiccup (sometimes spelled hiccough)
both describes and imitates the sound made
when an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm
leads to a sudden closure of the glottis.
Anyone who's had hiccups
knows how difficult they can make it
when you're trying to relax or even just finish a sentence.
Since (most of the time) hiccups are momentary,
the term began to see use in the senses of
"a slight irregularity" or "a minor interruption"
in the middle of the 20th century.
Rose is thrilled to have her daughter home.
She is convinced that it is only a mere hiccup in the marriage,
and happily serves her daughter cups of her special Paris cocoa,
while telling the neighbors a series of very impressive lies
about the reason that Midge is spending so much time in the building.
— Arielle Bernstein, The A. V. Club, 5 Dec. 2017
