On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:16:33 EDT mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
writes:
>
>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
Maybe cause saying "he was hung" has an entirely different connotation
Rick Morrison
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