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Old 19-12-2022, 08:38 PM #1
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I know "hanged" is the correct useage, but it never sounds right.
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I know "hanged" is the correct useage, but it never sounds right.
Wouldn’t “hung” do in any “correct” context anyway? “Hung” sounds more syntaxically-correct than “hanged.”
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Wouldn’t “hung” do in any correct concept? “Hung” sounds more syntaxically-correct than “hanged.”
Nope, it's hanged, when talking about the execution method.
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Wouldn’t “hung” do in any “correct” context anyway? “Hung” sounds more syntaxically-correct than “hanged.”
Only a peasant would say i hunged up my suite

It's hang

I'm going to go hang my suite up

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It's hang

I'm going to go hang my suite up
Clothes are hung, people are hanged.
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Clothes are hung, people are hanged.
Hmmmm, I suppose.

It's still a very strange word.
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“Similar” the way New Yorkers pronounce it is a bit strange.

“Seem-oo-lar.”
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