Hello.

Hello.

Blear your mind before, didn't I?

Oh man.

I don't think I'm ever going to go over this.

I thought you were like pranking me.

Um, I think it's slightly too complicated to explain why.

But the spelling of the word hiccup came up.

Yeah.

And I said, oh yeah, it's H-I-C-O-U-G-H.

And you thought I was pranking you.

I was like, why, okay, you're joking, but why are you doing this joke?

Like, everyone knows it's H-I-C-C-U-P.

It's, are you mad?

Whereas I think of that as like some kind of Americanized modern, you know, like spelling barbecue,

B-B-Q-B-Q-U version of Hiccup.

Whereas I just thought you were writing something that is like Hic-O-F.

It's obviously, as you say it, and as you're saying it now, hiccup.

Yes.

Hick-up.

Yes.

So. But as I said to you, since when have the letters O-U-G-H on the end of a word meant anything in terms of its pronunciation.

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