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Old 06-08-2024, 03:12 PM #21
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Originally Posted by Benjamin View Post
The one that gets me is ‘hanged’ when somebody died via suspension from rope. I know it’s that, but it never sounds right. Why is it not ‘hung’.
in the time of good old henry the 8th, people were hung, drawn and quartered, not hanged
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