Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-228 days agoTIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down12
arrow-up1109arrow-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-228 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareStarya67@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·28 days agoHanged. Meat is hung. People are hanged.
minus-square7112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·28 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 Hanged is actually more outdated and is used as the past tense for hanging (as in the execution).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-up1·28 days agoPretty sure at least one is really bad for people. I’m not a doctor though.
minus-squareWindyRebel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 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-squarestarchylemming@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoI prefer my witches hung
minus-squareZedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoUnless you’re well hung.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·28 days agoYay. A pedant.
Hanged. Meat is hung. People are hanged.
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 Hanged is actually more outdated and is used as the past tense for hanging (as in the execution).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.
I prefer my witches hung
And my pork pulled
But people are meat
Why?
Unless you’re well hung.
Yay.
A pedant.