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To: JockoManning; ransomnote

(Yawn!) Hanged and Hung are both past tense forms of Hang. Hung is the strong form, but has taken a slightly different meaning than hanged. Hung means suspended, and hanged means suspended as a means of execution.

https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/08/22/hung-or-hanged/

For a real “slide” trip into linguistics;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_strong_verb

“hang hung hung (Note that, in the transitive sense of hanging someone by the neck, hang usually has regular weak conjugation hanged)”

In short, we want them tried and hanged.


861 posted on 09/15/2018 8:38:46 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Ok, while our midterms hang in the balance - and they really do - you want to talk about the difference between hung and hanged.

That discussion will reallly advance this thread!

Hung and hanged have always been confused, and always will be! Please don’t pollute this thread with that kind of BS!


867 posted on 09/15/2018 8:57:06 PM PDT by EarlyBird (There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Sho Nuff!


868 posted on 09/15/2018 8:58:35 PM PDT by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)
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