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DUers please help me out [View all] malaise Nov 2025 OP
Objects are "hung." People are "hanged." You are correct. hlthe2b Nov 2025 #1
Nope...A person can be hung. llmart Nov 2025 #26
According to TSF, so was Arnold Palmer.... Sogo Nov 2025 #28
Yeah.. but someone already beat you (BEAT YOU) to that alternate... hlthe2b Nov 2025 #32
If one says someone is hung, that is a compliment, not a death sentence. tblue37 Nov 2025 #2
Bwaaaaah malaise Nov 2025 #3
oh dear gawd i didnt even think of that! samnsara Nov 2025 #7
Am I bad because I did think of that? llmart Nov 2025 #24
I'm hanging my head in embarrassment! (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2025 #16
I retain use of 'hanged' EYESORE 9001 Nov 2025 #4
The British media is not immune to getting things wrong in English muriel_volestrangler Nov 2025 #5
Sounds like my mother malaise Nov 2025 #15
people are hanged samnsara Nov 2025 #6
sticked? (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2025 #17
I had Miss Horn in eighth grade. Tom Dyer Nov 2025 #8
I'm on the language spectrum. multigraincracker Nov 2025 #9
The only people who are hung SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2025 #10
;-{) hanged/hung Goonch Nov 2025 #11
I'm with you on this, and I also can't get over how "snuck" Tanuki Nov 2025 #12
I can't get over how simple past is used for past participle RazorbackExpat Nov 2025 #29
K&R spanone Nov 2025 #13
I had a long conversation with my high school English teacher PJMcK Nov 2025 #14
In journalism, people are hanged. In real life, some men are hung.... allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #18
You are correct. I stick by this rule, but it still sounds awkward to me. Lucky Luciano Nov 2025 #19
I always thought it was hanged, as in 'hanged by the neck until dead.' n/t PatrickforB Nov 2025 #20
"They said you was hung!" JoseBalow Nov 2025 #21
You win the thread malaise Nov 2025 #30
I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in? usonian Nov 2025 #22
Do you hang up a phone or hung it up?? madinmaryland Nov 2025 #23
The usage is changing... Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #25
Good point malaise Nov 2025 #31
Things change ForgedCrank Nov 2025 #27
WTH does "finna" mean? 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #35
Well, based ForgedCrank Nov 2025 #38
It's an elision of "fixing to, " Tanuki Nov 2025 #40
You're right. And don't get me started on "with he and I." Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #33
"Hanged" is correct, but it's not like today's fascist friendly media is known for their intelligence. W_HAMILTON Nov 2025 #34
"They was right" TheProle Nov 2025 #36
Bwaaaaah - Hahaha malaise Nov 2025 #37
Humans are hanged, not hung obamanut2012 Nov 2025 #39
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