At 11:08 PM 3/17/97 +0000, Mike Medley wrote: > Upon looking in my 1990 edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary, I > had to chuckle when I saw that for 12 of the 13 possible meanings listed >for the verb 'hang,' the past and past participle is 'hung.' ONLY for 'sense >number 7' ('suspend or be suspended by the neck with a noosed rope') is >'hanged' to be used. Does 'hanged' have even half a chance of survival? Mike, I'm afraid you're right. Poor 'hanged' may soon be extinct. But what a sad loss; just listen to the difference between the sound of 'hung' and the sound of 'hanged' - do you agree that the latter is much more effective for "sense number 7" than the former? Just HUNGing around, Paul E. Doniger [log in to unmask]