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To: Graybeard58

......hunged .....

Actually, the correct wrong word is hung.

“We hung him from the live oak.”

or “Stockings were hung by the chimney with care”


19 posted on 10/17/2008 4:23:14 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Off With her head.....)
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To: bert

Wrong department. That’s the Grammar Police, not the Spelling Police. I belong to both departments and hanged is a good and proper word, if a bit archaic.


22 posted on 10/17/2008 4:25:51 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: bert

Actually, the correct word for executing a person by hanging is “hanged”. The correct form for a stocking by the chimney with care is “hung”. I believe the correct form for executing a stocking by the chimney with care is “plum crazy”.


30 posted on 10/17/2008 4:46:04 AM PDT by Humble Servant
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To: bert

Uh...actually, it’s hanged.


43 posted on 10/17/2008 5:24:30 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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