Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Got to thinkin' about word order

From: P&G
Message: 21562
Date: 2003-05-06

><hiccough> if anyone prefers this folk-etymological fancy spelling to good
plain <hiccup> :-)

Yes, it's a late-ish made-up spelling (based on "cough") but it is now part
of the English language, so it qualifies. If a native English speaker meets
<hiccough> in a text, it can only be pronounced /hikUp/. So /-Up/ counts
as a pronunciation of -ough.

Peter