• Duranie@lemmy.film
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    1 year ago

    Bough - think of the nursery rhyme “Rock-a-bye Baby” . A big tree branch.

    Hiccough - I believe in time we’ve just simplified this to hiccup.

    • Kengaro0@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Woah. I always wondered what that meant in the nursery rhymes, not enough to Google it I guess. Thanks for clearing that up.