English, baby!

Hung - exception to the rule

Date: Dec 13 2007

Author: Lesmundo2003

Lesson

'hung' is the past of 'to hang', with 1 main exception.

A form of punishment many years ago in England, was trying a knotted looped rope around the neck (a noose) & releasing a trapdoor under the person. Therefor killing the person by using their own weight, to break their neck & the spinal cord.

Spinal cord - the cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres & associated tissue that is enclosed in the spine (backbone) & connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain. It forms the central nervous system.

If the spinal cord was not severed, the more unfortunate victims would suffer great pain as the partially broken bones would tear into them with their struggles & eventually die of suffocation. Not being able to breathe.

It would be incorrect to say - "that person was hung".

The correct way - "that person was hanged".

The way I was taught - "a dog is hung, a man is hanged"

In my opinion, not a nice way to educate a child, talking about cruelty to animals :-(

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ottomanboy01

Turkey

i want to learn english please can you help me?thanks for help

engr.haseeb

Pakistan

how can one say "thanks" to other person in more precise manners.

vwu156

Hong Kong

thanks for your lesson!!

王晓波

China

Thank for your lesson.

iceman87

China

thanks it’s useful for me

85206614

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

interesting! thx

xxsbwpc

China

Thank you!

xxsbwpc

China

Thank you！

liuhongliang

China

hai,thans

liuhongliang

China

hai,thans

hclim.michael

Singapore

That is grammar mistake n written form but most like these..

Thus most people is used to speaking and put it in written format.

Thanks

imranzaidi

Pakistan

You have defined in a great way .. its very easily to understand for every single…. thanks for this lesson.

Lesmundo2003

Spain

To all the hi's – hi back at you :)

To all the 'thanks' – you are welcome

To all the 'we learnt something' – glad to be of help.

Comment on cruel – yes, indeed – I totally agree.

As it was a form of capital punishment for murder, it was hoped that if people were afraid of this terrible death, they wouldn't think to kill.

To those who find don't understand a few words, ask me. Don't worry – it will come to you :)

You can hang out the clothes to dry, on hangers – the metal triangles for hanging clothes in wardrobes etc, but in the past tense – they were hung out to dry or as 'ainee82' said, hung dried.

'islavenado' – from what I understand of the message "original caller hang up" – is a request that the original caller (maybe the 1st caller) – could they please hang up their phone/put down their receiver/simply end their call by hanging up/or press disconnect on their mobile. If my interpretation is correct, it would sound less blunt & nicer to hear "Would the original caller please hang up". An alternative – "Would the original caller please hang up …& try again later/ ...& call back later"

Finally, please forgive an error mine:

Second sentence – 'Therefor' is incorrect.

The correct spelling is 'Therefore'.

Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

& make sure not to be 'hung over' – to suffer with a hangover, from drinking too much alcohol, the night before :-))

islavenado

Costa Rica

Hi, I´m new here, and it´s a very importan lesson to myself, I work in a Call Center and the "original caller hang up" is a messaje that I need to listen or to explain, and is verry usefull to my this explanation.

Fell free to correct me please