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12-01-07, 11:11 PM
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hung, drawn, and quartered
Ok I got into a discussion during a Go game about someone I said should be hung, drawn and quartered.
They (American) corrected me that it should be Hanged Drawn and quartered. Now I'll be danged if I'm going to have my English, crap as it is, corrected by Yanks lol  Yet when I looked it up I can't find any reference to it and it keeps coming up as "Hanged Drawn and Quartered" with the exception of Wikipedia which I loath to put forward as my only source. Am I going insane or is hung, drawn, and quartered valid? I'm sure thats the phrase I grew up with in History and documentaries... |
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12-01-07, 11:16 PM
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The American is right. Past tense of 'hang' as in a person is 'hanged', past tense of 'hang' as in an item is 'hung'.
Go eat humble pie mister 
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12-01-07, 11:21 PM
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i'm afraid the americans may be right... as much as it pains me to say it .... correct meaning
It is a specific exception for hanging someone as opposed to hanging a picture he hung a picture he hanged himself http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hang hth sammy [/i] |
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13-01-07, 12:08 AM
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Guys, since we're on the subject
What is the correct expression for this? "John Doe, in the service of Her Highness " or "John Doe, at the service of Her Highness". Both sound funny to my ears, my friend says it's the former, I don't know what to say  Opinions please!
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13-01-07, 12:17 AM
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If you are a member of staff of the Royal Household then it is the former. The same applies to Officers of HM Forces that hold the Queen's Commission. For everyone else, its the latter, but only if you are being "presented" to the Queen. I think 
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13-01-07, 12:26 AM
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Merci beaucoup!
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13-01-07, 12:51 PM
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Filipe - or is it Filly Pie - we're not servile here any more
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13-01-07, 01:54 PM
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13-01-07, 03:22 PM
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People are hanged, dead meat is hung. So first you get hanged, then you get hung. But "hung, drawn and quartered" would be acceptable as it's a specific term in traditional use- I forget the name for it but specifics overrule generalities. There's some latin you can use to justify it
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13-01-07, 03:46 PM
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So is one 'well hung', or 'well hanged', then? :P
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