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ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

I'm just looking for any idea about how to teach thsi spectacular verb's past.

thebum · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Location: North Korea

it depends on what you are hanging:

i hung a picture on the wall.

they hanged him. (he was hanged).

i am well-hung.

J.B. Clamence · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

"Hung" is for things. "Hanged" is only for people.

freewill · Joined: 10 Jun 2003

"hung" means someone was hanged by the neck until s/he be dead

"hanged" is anything else

J.B. Clamence · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

freewill · Joined: 10 Jun 2003

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Meat is hung.

Men are hanged.

Some men are hung, but that means something entirely different.

jodemas2 · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

I believe both can be used in most cases except that one is not hanged over, except for a wall or balcony, etc.

BigBuds · Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Location: Changwon

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

ChuckECheese · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

I heard that Saddam was well-hung but hanged. Laughing

jmbran11 · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: U.S.

It used to be that a person was "hanged" and everything else "hung." Unfortunately, I think the distinction is ending, because I frequently now here about people who were "hung", including references on CNN and the Discovery Channel, so I think there are only a limited percentage of people who continue to differentiate.

Frankly, I always thought this was a really cool thing in English, so I'm sorry to see it go.

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

Thanks.

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye