Subj : English
To   : Roy Witt
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 02 2018 18:00:57

Hi, Roy!  Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin:

AH>  OTOH I was taught to say "hanged" with reference to a
AH>  human being... [chuckle].

ak>  At the http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/hang_1
ak>  they say that a process of killing with a rope should
ak>  have "hang/hanged/hanged" forms.

RW>  Oh?


          In formal speech, e.g. "hanged by the neck until dead", yes.

          In informal speech North Americans often say "hung".  But then I'm 
not sure what they mean when they say someone was "hung, drawn, and quartered". 
 ;-)



RW>  There is also an informal way to use 'hang' to make a
RW>  turn in a specific direction:

RW>  As in, "At the next intersection, hang a right."


          Uh-huh.  Folks here on the Wet Coast of BC say that too....  :-)




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