Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agoTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down12
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·29 days agoHanged. Meat is hung. People are hanged.
minus-squarestarchylemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·29 days agoI prefer my witches hung
minus-square7112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·29 days agoIn this case you are right. Both are fine for people. Hanged is actually more outdated and is used as the past tense for hanging (as in the execution). https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/hung-or-hanged
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoPretty sure at least one is really bad for people. I’m not a doctor though.
minus-squareWindyRebel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·29 days agoI hate this stupid rule. No matter what word you use, the outcome is exactly the same. Something or someone is suspended off of the ground.
minus-squareZedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoUnless you’re well hung.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·29 days agoYay. A pedant.
minus-squareOddDeer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·29 days agoMeh. Language is descriptive, not prescriptive
Hanged. Meat is hung. People are hanged.
I prefer my witches hung
And my pork pulled
But people are meat
In this case you are right.
Both are fine for people. Hanged is actually more outdated and is used as the past tense for hanging (as in the execution).
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/hung-or-hanged
Pretty sure at least one is really bad for people. I’m not a doctor though.
I hate this stupid rule. No matter what word you use, the outcome is exactly the same. Something or someone is suspended off of the ground.
Why?
Unless you’re well hung.
Yay.
A pedant.
Meh. Language is descriptive, not prescriptive