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# Literally the oldest joke in the world.
(themanwhofellasleep, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 11:56, archived)
# Old but
good
(el pedro, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 11:57, archived)
# groanage
:¬)
(garfi3ld, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 11:57, archived)
# is that real?
(ozric99, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 11:58, archived)
# 'fraid not
there's no bridge
(I helped save b3ta! viperrr mostly comes out at night, mostly, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:01, archived)
# Groan, Groan,
Groan Groan Groan!
(I helped save b3ta! viperrr mostly comes out at night, mostly, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:00, archived)
# Old, and requiring a Mr Pedantic:
It's "hanged".
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:01, archived)
# people are hanged
meat is hung.

Surely hung is correct once he's dead?
(Errol, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:02, archived)
# Well, there's some debate about
that. It's "hanged" once the victim is dead, but you can use "hung" to describe a generic situation where a person is hanging from a rope. So, in this picture, if he's not yet dead, "hung" is fine. I know this because I had a debate with an old sub-editor about it. So there.
(themanwhofellasleep, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:02, archived)
# Actually...
...that's a common misconception.

You should only use 'hanged' when reffering to capital punishment - suicide should be referred to as 'hung.'

/uber pedant.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:02, archived)
# Really?
Source?
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:05, archived)
# This book
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140514422/026-0167923-5198819

a fantastic source for pedantry of all kinds.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:06, archived)
# I thank you.
You have just spent more of my money.
(Errol, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:07, archived)
# Ooh. Will purchase.
My old copy of English Usage for Journalists doesn't even mention the Hanging/hung thing.
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:10, archived)
# ...
Hanged is the past-tense and past-participle form of the verb hang meaning "to execute." The convict was hanged.

See... if it's suicide it don't count.
(themanwhofellasleep, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:06, archived)
# That does make sense.
Although the world's media doesn't seem to
know about the distinction.
(I helped save b3ta! 0% Interest Expand Reply Retweet Favorite More, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:13, archived)
# I suppose...
...although technically wrong, it has now become the generally accepted form.

Language doesn't stay static after all - in a few years time we'll all be talking in txt and vowels will be entirely redundant.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 13 Jan 2004, 12:20, archived)