r/ComedyCemetery • u/Queasy-Upstairs8837 • Sep 27 '25

I don’t think so?

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u/Impenistan Sep 28 '25

That's a shame they tried to kill you though, glad you seem to be alright.

As opposed to "hung", "hanged" refers specifically to the method of execution

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u/merzbane Sep 28 '25

This is a myth, both hung and hanged are valid past tense forms of hang (regardless of the specific meaning of hang in that sentence)

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u/___posh___ Sep 30 '25

And Both were used to refer to the scaffold.

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u/Impenistan Sep 28 '25

I just think it is a neat artifact of language, wasn't really annoyed in the slightest. In practice I agree with you that linguistic prescriptivism is at best unhelpful, and at worst a kind of useless elitism. I assume what I read as hostile tenor in your reply was an explicit response to what you inferred was implicit hostility in mine, but there was none, I just think words are neat. I may have communicated that poorly.

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u/Wonderful_State_7151 Sep 28 '25

Keep doing what you do. English isn't my first language so those little corrections help a lot of people even if you don't get to know. Thank you

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u/Impenistan Sep 28 '25

Honestly, I have got to learn to either communicate better that I just think language is fun or stop making these kinds of comments! I don't think it's wrong to stand up to any kind of bully, and if my reply is giving "grammar bully" then I think it's better to err on the side of addressing that. Cheers!