[net.women] Misogyny and correct use of English

mjs@alice.UUCP (M. J. Shannon, Jr.) (11/17/84)

For those who state that people were *hung* in Salem, you are almost
correct.  The past participle of the verb `to hang to death' is
*hanged*.  Yes, clothes are hung in a closet, but people are hanged to
death (look it up).

	Yours for correct English usage,
-- 
	Marty Shannon
UUCP:	{alice,rabbit,research}!mjs
	(rabbit is soon to die.  Does this mean alice is pregnant?  Yup!)
Phone:	201-582-3199

jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (11/20/84)

Regarding "hung" and "hanged":

Perhaps no men were hanged in Salem then, but only the men in Salem are 
  hung today.




Whaddya mean this ain't net.jokes?

            A native of, but no longer resident of Salem (Oregon, *of course*),

					Jeff Winslow

ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (11/20/84)

> For those who state that people were *hung* in Salem, you are almost
> correct.  The past participle of the verb `to hang to death' is
> *hanged*.  Yes, clothes are hung in a closet, but people are hanged to
> death (look it up).
> 
> 	Yours for correct English usage,
> -- 
> 	Marty Shannon
> UUCP:	{alice,rabbit,research}!mjs
> 	(rabbit is soon to die.  Does this mean alice is pregnant?  Yup!)
> Phone:	201-582-3199

Ok, but what about the guy who was pressed?

-Ron

ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) (11/28/84)

> For those who state that people were *hung* in Salem, you are almost
> correct.  The past participle of the verb `to hang to death' is
> *hanged*.  Yes, clothes are hung in a closet, but people are hanged to
> death (look it up).
> 
> 	Yours for correct English usage,
> -- 
> 	Marty Shannon


This brings to mind a series of letters in ROAD & TRACK several
years ago.  Someone had written in about witch-burning, and someone
else had written in claiming that men from Texas did not have to
stop and get out of their cars to urinate because they were so
well-endowed they just rolled down the driver's window and
kept on driving.

A few months later the followup letters were printed in the same issue.
First was one lamenting that "not all men are created equal",
signed by "Pee Wee Herman".
Then there was one that said "no witches were burned in Salem,
but one dog was hung."
To which the editors replied,
"Eat your heart out, Pee Wee Herman."


Mike Ciaraldi
ciaraldi@rochester
seismo!rochester!ciaraldi