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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoHe would have been hung 200-years ago.
minus-squareTheFlopster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 year ago*hanged Pictures are hung; people are hanged. English, man. It’s weird.
minus-squareVelonie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoPeople can be hung too, but uh… it has a different meaning
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIn case you don’t get it, just go to google images and type in “John Holmes”
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoIf you put someone on a wall hook, would they then have been hung? Likewise if I suspend my painting with a noose, has the painting been hanged?
minus-squarePapergeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoPerhaps. Would it count as crucifixion?
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agohttp://www.quickmeme.com/img/bc/bc2ffd9292ee58f2fb44eda95843e5e277bb0c84ef4dd3739ac8ad934c9e2e0a.jpg
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSince we’re being pedantic, people can be hung or hanged. The letter requires the result of the action to be death.
He would have been hung 200-years ago.
*hanged
Pictures are hung; people are hanged. English, man. It’s weird.
People can be hung too, but uh… it has a different meaning
In case you don’t get it, just go to google images and type in “John Holmes”
If you put someone on a wall hook, would they then have been hung? Likewise if I suspend my painting with a noose, has the painting been hanged?
Perhaps. Would it count as crucifixion?
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/bc/bc2ffd9292ee58f2fb44eda95843e5e277bb0c84ef4dd3739ac8ad934c9e2e0a.jpg
Since we’re being pedantic, people can be hung or hanged. The letter requires the result of the action to be death.
My father loved that expression.