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Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 08-29-2021, 08:51 AM:

When a man is executed by hanging, is he hanged, hung or possibly both?

What is the plural of a mouse used with a computer? Is it Mice, or is it Mouses?

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 08-29-2021, 07:53 PM:

hanged, and mice. [Smile]

A man who is "hung" is not swinging from a rope, but has a rope swinging.. well, you get the picture.

[ 08-29-2021, 07:54 PM: Message edited by: Tiptree ]

Posted by CatfanRick (Member # 126) on 08-30-2021, 10:41 AM:

Well, most westerns I have seen the judge, sheriff, justice of the peace or whoever deemed himself in charge of such decisions mostly said "I sentence you to be HANGED by the neck until dead". I go with hanged.

The mice/mouses question, I choose mouses just because it sounds like way more fun to say [Cool]

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[ 08-30-2021, 10:42 AM: Message edited by: CatfanRick ]