Feb 28, 2023 · The Hanged vs. Hung Debate Is the distinction important? It's still commonly found in usage guides, which typically say that the past and the past participle of hang should be hanged only …

Feb 20, 2023 · The weak inflection hanged however continued in use (being the only one used in Bible versions) [and judges pronouncing sentence of death] but was gradually superseded by hung in the …

I would use "hangs". "Gets hanged" is inappropriate and awkward, saying that the software has been executed by hanging, and "gets hung" invokes a slang expression regarding the size of sexual …

Jan 20, 2024 · You might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. The omission of stealing assumes that the offence is obvious (historical knowledge presumed), while the other deletions are of a more …

Dec 2, 2015 · Hanged, drawn and quartered was the punishment for traitors, that is, men who committed treason, that is, the violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or to the state.

Sep 8, 2022 · Don‘t forget capital crimes whose sentences pronounced by a judge once upon a time did come with wordings like “shall be hanged from the neck until dead” and such. That one is a “real” …

Dec 23, 2024 · For example, I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb and have a third piece of cake—I've gone off my diet anyhow . Already a proverb in John Ray's 1678 collection, this …

This mis-ordering is apparent in the mid-19th century, when the emasculation and evisceration were removed from the punishment (and the hanging was until dead); you were drawn up to the place of …

Apr 19, 2015 · The use of "hanged" in this context is entertaining. Up until about a hundred years ago, "I'll be hanged" was a fairly common euphemism for "I'll be damned". It was an effective euphemism …

I use 'hung' for computers, pictures, and stockings, and 'hanged' for people, except in the phrase 'hung, drawn, and quartered'.