Post #2338832
2026-05-06 20:06 UTC
No it isn’t
“The past tense of *hang* in almost all situations is *hung*. You *hung* a picture on the wall yesterday, or you *hung* out at the mall last week. Only use *hanged* when referring to someone who has been killed by hanging.”
- Merriam Webster
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@scutiger@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 20:30
Hanged is specific to someone being killed by hanging, while hung is less specific, but still accurate. Some who hung themself may have done so by the leg, but unless specified it will be assumed that it is by the neck.
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@kungen@feddit.nu 2026-05-06 20:39
> Only use *hanged* when referring to someone who has been killed by hanging So what's the problem? Matt was in fact killed by hanging.