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Thread #132392   Message #2995657
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Sep-10 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Emma Thompson attacks poor language
Subject: RE: BS: Emma Thompson attacks poor language
Hanged, hung- another usage with swings in popularity.

hanged
1. Suspended, etc. ...now obsolete in the general sense, the form in use being hung.
2. Put to death by hanging by the neck.

Meat is hung, when it is suspended for drying.
.... a well-hung man.
At the larger houses of entertainment were to be found beds hung with silk.