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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 71 points 6 months ago

In my junior year of high school, my (very strict) English teacher teacher was going over some common mistakes native English speakers make. One such mistake was using hanged vs. hung. She said when you do your laundry and put your wet clothes on the clothesline, they are "hung". When a death row prisoner is executed at the gallows, he is "hanged". Not "hung". "Things cannot be hanged. Men cannot be hung."

There was a brief silence and then, yadda, yadda, yadda, two of my classmates got sent to the vice principal.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago

You yadda yadda'd over the best part.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

No, I mentioned the bisque... lol

[-] glizzyguzzler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 months ago

Bois can never resist such bait

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago
[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

They tried to prove the teacher wrong

[-] tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Laughing their asses of I bet

[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Hey, um, how is this name pronounced? Is it with a W sound? Slightly similar to "wong?"

[-] variants@possumpat.io 4 points 6 months ago

We call our coworker hung with an H and he never corrected us so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
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