Hang/hung

Ronald Butters ronbutters at AOL.COM
Wed Feb 22 01:34:20 UTC 2012


So, Wilson, you don't think the joke works if the teller gives the punch line as "the plastic surgeon ... hanged himself"?

On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> The _hanged_ vs. _hung_ distinction is another one of those things
> that I learned in high school.

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