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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Grateful to you all. I suspect Jane Wickenden and Katherine Hindley have spotted it, Tent = T'ain't = it is not , is what I am kicking myself for not having spotted! Though I much like Rosemary Hayes' suggestion of a teneo, tenere derivation, and Nesli Šenocak's point about shocking or scaring being a known method of alleviating hiccups is well made too. As Nesli says, context is everything, and whilst there is much religious point in the play, the sound of the hiccup comes out of the dark, so the assurance it isn't a Ghost fits. It was partly the capitalisation that threw me. But as ever, the group wisdom has proved invaluable. Thank you to those who replied and to those who forbore. Always grateful, Steve. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion