strangled

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, I've been strangled, but  obviously not killed. I was just
beginning to black out - or is that "black-out"? - when the  other
guy, an older and bigger kid pretending to be a giant, a troll, or
some such in some stupid ex-tempore game, somehow had the sense to let
go of my throat.

-Wilson

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Dave Wilton<dave at wilton.net> wrote:
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> I think the accepted proper usage is exactly the opposite. To strangle
> someone is to kill them by choking. To be hanged is to die by hanging. To be
> drowned is to die by water filling the lungs.
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> Only "shot" and "stone" may result in the victim living.
>
> I can't find this in any of my usage manuals though.
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> I jsut read news about about someone that was strangled and I still have to
> ask "to death?". Â The assumption of the news writer is that it's to death,
> but it's entirely possible to be strangled and survive. Â Maybe it's me, but
> but I need to see "to death". Â It's like being shot, stoned, even hanged.
>
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
> see truespel.com
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain

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