DUers please help me out

[malaise]

I was taught that we hung plants, paintings, photos etc but that we hang(ed) people. I a stunned to hear how many media folks including a Brit are using hung.

[hlthe2b]

1. Objects are "hung." People are "hanged." You are correct.

[llmart]

26. Nope...A person can be hung.

John Holmes was hung.

Google him.




I am sooooo bad

[Sogo]

28. According to TSF, so was Arnold Palmer....

I'm also sooo bad....

[hlthe2b]

32. Yeah.. but someone already beat you (BEAT YOU) to that alternate...

(see "DOWNSTREAM" )

[tblue37]

2. If one says someone is hung, that is a compliment, not a death sentence.

https://grammartips.homestead.com/pairs1.html

#6 explains "hung" vs. "hanged." (Yes, that is from my grammar website.)

[malaise]

3. Bwaaaaah

😀

[samnsara]

7. oh dear gawd i didnt even think of that!

...good one

[llmart]

24. Am I bad because I did think of that?

[PJMcK]

16. I'm hanging my head in embarrassment! (n/t)

[EYESORE 9001]

4. I retain use of 'hanged'

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, but when it comes to humans being murdered/executed, it shall remain ‘hanged’.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. The British media is not immune to getting things wrong in English

I grew up with a mother who knew all the rules of grammar, backwards, forwards and sideways, and heard so many corrections of the TV and radio. Pronunciation too (eg the difference between "Wales" and "whales" ).

[malaise]

15. Sounds like my mother

and she spoke three languages

[samnsara]

6. people are hanged

the brits are wrong

of all my elementary school english, that one has stuck ( stank?) on me.

[PJMcK]

17. sticked? (n/t)

[Tom Dyer]

8. I had Miss Horn in eighth grade.

It’s hanged.

[multigraincracker]

9. I'm on the language spectrum.

If the message is conveyed, you have spoken correctly.

[SocialDemocrat61]

10. The only people who are hung

are porn actors

[Goonch]

11. ;-{) hanged/hung

[Tanuki]

12. I'm with you on this, and I also can't get over how "snuck"

seems to have sneaked its way into common usage!

[RazorbackExpat]

29. I can't get over how simple past is used for past participle

and vice versa. My 3rd grade teacher always cringed when she heard the country boys talking like that.

Or when people over use reflexive pronouns, or mix up pronoun cases, like using subjective case pronouns when there are multiple objects, or vice versa

[spanone]

13. K&R

[PJMcK]

14. I had a long conversation with my high school English teacher

I stayed in touch with her after school as she was one of the finest teachers I had. She made a fascinating point that has stuck with me.

The conversation started simply enough. I asked about the expression, "It begs the question..." I was confused because we had been taught that it meant circular reasoning in that it proposed an argument that assumed its own conclusion, that is, the idea being put forth would lead to its result. My confusion was based on some common uses that implied, "it raises the question..." which does not have a conclusion.

After a long pause, she began one of her long, deep, historical lectures that I admired her for.

I could never cover all of her points, but the gist of her discussion was that languages, particularly English, are constantly evolving with new words and phrases being developed as cultures, technologies and politics changed over time. She also pointed out that the increasing global economy meant that different peoples speaking different languages were interacting and needed commonality instead of grammatical perfection. Additionally, the diminishment of the Classical liberal education would result in a lower level of expression.

She was a classicist who had written her Master's thesis about "The Canterbury Tales" in the original Olde English. With the tiniest hint of disdain, she also pointed out that American culture seamed to becoming influenced more and more by "vulgar" language which, to her mind, would lower the level of public and private discourse. Nail meet head.

She was a great teacher and a few years ago I attended her funeral where I met some great folks from her years as an educator.

In the era of The Vulgarian, the internet and texting it's not surprising to see the language shifting beneath our feet. I speak French and I'm learning Spanish in Panama and I suspect those languages, along with others, are evolving similarly.

My dear malaise, we shall stand together upon the ramparts defending The Queen's English against the heathens!

P.S. Another point she forcefully argued was that words have meanings. That's why a proper dictionary has 100,000 words. As she would say, people with small vocabularies have feeble minds.

[allegorical oracle]

18. In journalism, people are hanged. In real life, some men are hung....

[Lucky Luciano]

19. You are correct. I stick by this rule, but it still sounds awkward to me.

[PatrickforB]

20. I always thought it was hanged, as in 'hanged by the neck until dead.' n/t

[JoseBalow]

21. "They said you was hung!"

[malaise]

30. You win the thread

😂

[usonian]

22. I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in?

There is no regularity to language. I was a champion speller until I learned other languages.
Savour the day!

[madinmaryland]

23. Do you hang up a phone or hung it up??

[Happy Hoosier]

25. The usage is changing...

You are correct that that is the historical use.

However, in the last couple decades, using "hung" for people is gaining acceptance. Kinda like dropping the usage of "whom" is gaining acceptance. Languages evolve. At least, that's what my wife the English Professor says.

[malaise]

31. Good point

Rec

[ForgedCrank]

27. Things change

over time in language, and it's never for the better.
I have to suffer a daily barrage of "finna" and "imma" type garbage and all it does it make me question the intelligence of the people I'm interacting with.. Seems that few are interested in speaking English properly at this point.

[3catwoman3]

35. WTH does "finna" mean?

[ForgedCrank]

38. Well, based

solely on the context in which is it normally used, I believe it's the same thing as "imma". In other words, "I'm going to"

[Tanuki]

40. It's an elision of "fixing to, "

i.e., "getting ready to."

[Scrivener7]

33. You're right. And don't get me started on "with he and I."

[W_HAMILTON]

34. "Hanged" is correct, but it's not like today's fascist friendly media is known for their intelligence.

[TheProle]

36. "They was right"

[malaise]

37. Bwaaaaah - Hahaha

Love me some Blazing Saddles😀

[obamanut2012]

39. Humans are hanged, not hung

Unless you are talking about a man's large penis.

For real.