# it's hanged, not hung!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hanged-not-hung/67711>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 5, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hanged-not-hung/67711 "2001-06-05T18:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hanged-not-hung/67711/21 "2001-06-06T13:03:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MrVisible \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by gigi \*  
> > \*\*Thank you for bringing this up—it is one of my pet peeves. I correct it whenever I can, but had to hold back recently when a friend was telling me about a 13-year-old student in her kid’s class who “hung” himself. Her error was almost as bothersome as the story was sad, but I managed to be appropriately quiet on the subject of the grammar error. \*\*
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> You know, that’s pretty cold. \*\*

I know, I’m hanging my head in shame but I have this knee-jerk response to such things. ☹

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