Hiccups or Hiccoughs: Have them your way
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
November 14, 2021 10:46am CST
Yesterday, @moonandstars, wrote about Hiccups During Your Meal and it made me think of people who have suffered from long-term bouts with this annoying problem. I commented about an American named Charles Osborne who had hiccups for 68 years, according to Wikipedia. They say that is about 430 million hiccups.
I think I had them for maybe twenty minutes once and it seemed like a very long time.
It seems odd too about the word itself. I always figured the hiccoughs was the British way of spelling and maybe pronouncing hiccups. A dictionary I looked at said it hiccoughs is the plural of hiccups. Who knows?
Do you get hiccups lot? How do you get rid of them?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Nov 21
My remedy is nine small swallows without breathing.
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@Icydoll (36713)
• India
14 Nov 21
@JamesHxstatic that is nice one to try .Some people stop breathing through nose and take breathe through mouth for few minutes .
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@snowy22315 (209044)
• United States
14 Nov 21
Not often, I don't think I have ever had them more than 3 or 4 minutes at a time.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I seldom get them any more. I take a long drink of water and that usually fixes them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Nov 21
Water seems to be the favorite remedy.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I haven't had hiccups in years and hope not to have them again. They're very annoying.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
15 Nov 21
@JamesHxstatic Yes, it is. I remember talking when I had them and laughing at the way the words came out.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil Right, it is a pain.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Nov 21
Yes, trying to speak when you have them is a pain.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Nov 21
That is worth a try for sure, thanks!
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
14 Nov 21
I don't. I used to get them at times when I was a child.
Rarely in adulthood.
But when I did, someone told me once that a spoon of peanut butter would help. It did.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
14 Nov 21
I don't remember the last time I had them--whatever you want to call them!!!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Nov 21
That's a good thing. I don't get them often either.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Nov 21
Right that plural of hiccups thing made me wonder. Adding an s is so much easier.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Nov 21
@RubyHawk I suppose not, maybe in medical circles.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Nov 21
@JamesHxstatic It is. I don’t see a need for the word. I had never heard it before.. Apparently it’s not used very much.
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