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Quitters (plural) has 2 T's In It

• ljbast 943 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 7:58 AM

  JohnHancock:

  Another hanging offence come the glorious day :)

     This reminds me of a question. Why is the past tense for hanging someone hanged?  Where if it were clothes, they were hung.

     If I was running late for work, I would say " I was hung up in traffic ", not "hanged up in traffic".   

• 3puttsSuk 361 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 11:37 AM

  ljbast:

   This reminds me of a question. Why is the past tense for hanging someone hanged?

   

  I do believe it has to do with anatomy...

• LeonDelBosque 1,551 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 12:27 PM

  hung is a past participle, not past tense... like do/did/done

  I'm done

  I am well hung

• 3puttsSuk 361 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 1:06 PM

  So if Leon was put to death with a noose around his neck, his obituary would read:

  The well hung man was hanged to death and everyone gathered around to see the stiff

  Like I said...anatomy

  And no I do not wish any form of death towards Leon

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 1:31 PM

  I would have thought everyone would have hung around to see the well hung hanged stiff.  :-D

• navigater 1,319 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 2:01 PM

  MioKontic:

  Wright writes right, wright and write right, right?

  and rite

• LeonDelBosque 1,551 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 2:03 PM

  lol ... well played, sirs

• navigater 1,319 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 2:17 PM

  LeonDelBosque:

  "It is in England - home of the English language, not the abused version you speak in America :)"

  Just kidding, man taking the piss, mate

  ....And this is a part, of what makes  the USA  ,so diverse and gr8,,,oops sorry great

• 3puttsSuk 361 Posts

  Sat, Feb 25 2012 6:46 PM

  Boomerboy44:

  Your the kind of jerk I'm talking about

   

  Had a flashback of 30 years or so when I heard this one.

  See if I get this right...

  A jerk is a tug

  a tug is a boat

  a boat is in water

  water is nature

  nature is beautiful

  so thanks for the compliment

   

  Goes right along with " I know you are but what am I ?"

• nzefo 1 Posts

  Sun, Feb 26 2012 3:00 AM

  3puttsSuk:

  Boomerboy44:

  Your the kind of jerk I'm talking about

   

   

  Had a flashback of 30 years or so when I heard this one.

  See if I get this right...

  A jerk is a tug

  a tug is a boat

  a boat is in water

  water is nature

  nature is beautiful

  so thanks for the compliment

   

  Goes right along with " I know you are but what am I ?"

  get a life