hung vs hanged

[jurisfictionoperative]

I have been arguing with a friend, If someone was executed, would you say, x was hung, or x was hanged?

hanged

hanged. Meat is hung, people are hanged!

Definitely hanged - but only in that instance. Hung in all other cases.

Great! I won the argument! Thanks everybody. x

yeap hanged, jooljool love the way you thought of meat , I thought of the saying hung like a

Yes, hanged is right when talking about people. Although I always think it sounds strange. Does anyone know why though? (Not why I think it sounds strange, but why it's hanged and not hung for people).

ask oxford says hanged

PlumBumMum- that was a direct quote from my mother, the English teacher! Many such sayings resonated throughout my childhood