I can imagine the need for distinction wasn't realized until someone tried to congratulate an executioner on his work -- "Well hung, Charles, let's celebrate with a pint."
Well, "he was hung" means something very different from "he was hanged". The latter implies gallows were involved. The first means he was well-endowed. :P
Stop! I'm spitting water all over my monitor!
I can imagine the need for distinction wasn't realized until someone tried to congratulate an executioner on his work -- "Well hung, Charles, let's celebrate with a pint."
Thanks! ;-)
Such an excellent example. ;->
Well, "he was hung" means something very different from "he was hanged". The latter implies gallows were involved. The first means he was well-endowed. :P
It's funny, a pet peeve of mine is that the *correct* word sounds so wrong.
It's a big pet peeve of mine when people refer to execution by hanging in the past tense by saying "hung".