# You're saying it wrong.... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 15, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/youre-saying-it-wrong/51536 "2008-07-15T16:04:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/youre-saying-it-wrong/51536/7 "2008-07-15T16:20:07Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > this is improper but it makes more sense. > How come they say Hanged herself, wouldnt it be Hung herself? > Everytime I read a news report it says hanged and It makes me want to punch kittens. :fail: > When hang means, as it generally does, “to suspend,” then hung is the correct past-tense and past participial form of the verb: “Yesterday, I hung a picture on the wall”; “I have hung many pictures on many walls.” When hang means “to put to death by hanging,” however, hanged is the correct past-tense and past participial form: “We hanged the horse-thieving varmint yesterday”; “We’ve hanged nigh unto forty horse thieves this year.” Given that hanging has become a fairly infrequent means to a fairly infrequent end, you might think that this is an unimportant distinction. But, because of a colloquial use of hung that we blush bright yellowish green to mention here, you can end up embarrassing yourself if you use hung as an adjective to describe a male historical figure executed by hanging. History records that John Billington was hanged at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1630; whether Mr. Billington was hung, history does not record. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/youre-saying-it-wrong/51536)._