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Old 09-11-2007, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Another dictionary quote: (Just for fun)

USAGE In modern English, hang has two past tense and past participle forms: hanged and hung. Hung is the normal form in most general uses (: they hung out the wash; | she hung around for a few minutes; | he had hung the picture over the fireplace), but hanged is the form normally used in reference to execution by hanging ( | the outlaw was hanged ).
Yep...He was hanged at high noon and there he hung until removed by the angry mob.
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