On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 08:31:43 -0400 (EDT) MLishego@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-08-19 18:25:58 EDT, aramm@concentric.net (Andy
>Ramm)
>writes:
>
><< And then, in a similar Swedish vein, >>
>Don't tell me that you're prejudiced against Swedes, are you? This
>type of
>offense is punishable by removing your life by suspending you from a
>wooden
>frame by your neck. (I couldn't say that you'd be hung..._THAT_ might
>be
>offensive to some of our listers.) 8-)
>~Mike Lishego
>
To the grammarians, it is. A person is "hanged by the neck until dead,"
though no one seems to know why the useage is "hanged" and not "hung" for
rope-enabled executions.
Bob
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