Also the origin of hiccup, marshmallow, and how fast does the blood travel around your circulatory system. Do YOU know?
2007-03-27 11:12:27 · 6 answers · asked by Lost in Austen 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
if you answer just for the points, u r a looooser
2007-03-27 11:16:33 · update #1
it would be GREAT if you site your sources
2007-03-27 11:31:58 · update #2
Burp: An anagram of the word expands.
marshmallow: Marshmallow candy dates back to ancient Egypt where it was a honey-based
candy flavored and thickened with the sap of the root of the
Marsh-Mallow plant (althea officinalis).
In a normal system, blood travels at about 6 to 8 inches a second. The smaller the vessle it has to travel through the higher the pressure and thus greater the speed. in all the smaller vessels the blood travels faster than a bullet.
OOPS- almost forgot the hiccup
Hiccup: 1580, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, considered imitative of the sound of hiccupping (cf. Fr. hoquet, Dan. hikke, etc.); modern spelling first recorded 1788; hiccough (1626) is by mistaken association with cough. hiccups were also thought to be caused by elves.
2007-03-27 11:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kel Kel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you, hiccup is the only simple one: When you hiccup you say "hic" and it comes up from your body therefore it's hiccup. :) lol. And it takes approximately 30 seconds.
2007-03-27 11:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by NOT USING Y!A ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an onomotopeia, a word that simulates sound. Like boom, whack, and gulp. But since it is a common bodily function, it has become a common word.
2007-03-27 11:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by Skater 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Burp is most likely 'onomatopoeia' (words sounding like their subject)
2007-03-27 11:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-03-27 11:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
not a thing.
=)
2007-03-27 11:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by Produh G 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋