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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread past tenses #40795 09/04/2001 7:29 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I know we have discussed this before but I can't find it using search function. I want to know why we say a man was hanged instead of he was hung (well sometimes we say he was hung but we ladies are generally talking amongst ourselves out of earshot of of you gents - y'all being sensitive and all about those things) Can someone point me in the right direction? (still talking about hanged here so don't you be getting any ideas) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: past tenses #40796 09/04/2001 7:54 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=19694 [how'd he find that?] I searched for hanged and hung, changing the "search option" to "And". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: past tenses #40797 09/04/2001 8:40 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York tsuwm searched for hanged and hung, changing the "search option" to "And" and was struck with carpal tunnel syndrome in the process. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: past tenses #40798 09/04/2001 9:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: well sometimes we say he was hung but we ladies are generally talking amongst ourselves out of earshot of of you gents ROTFLMAO so you ARE an old hand! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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