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Date: 18 Feb 2006 13:23:05
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Time to call it a day? Hung my queen twice in a row.
I think so.







 
Date: 20 Feb 2006 09:05:14
From: Richard
Subject: Re: Time to call it a day? Hung my queen twice in a row.


>
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > On 2006-02-18, doctorjohn wrote:
> > > Should that be, "hanged"?
> > >
> > > The past tense of hanging a person (as opposed to an object) is
> > > "hanged", e.g., "Yesterday the killer was hanged", but, "Yesterday I
> > > hung the clothes out to dry".
> >
> > Yet Charles Dickens wrote (in Oliver Twist):
> >
> > 'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white
> > waistcoat. 'I know that boy will be hung.'
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
> >
doctorjohn wrote:
> Thanks for the reference! I think that, for people, either word is
> correct, but for objects only "hung" is correct. Or maybe Dickens knew
> the proper usage but assumed that the man in the white coat would not
> have known.
>
> There was a movie from the 1970s (a farcical western) in which some one
> ran into an old friend - a cowboy who was popular with the women- and
> exclaimed, "They said you were hung!", to which the cowboy replied by
> turning to the camera and winking and said, "They were right!"
>
>
> Dr. J
>
>
Heh. Blazing Saddles rules. :)

As for the original topic, if you're making stupid mistakes, you should
take the time to identify why and work on avoiding those mistakes.
Giving up isn't the answer, although maybe quitting for the day after
analyzing and identifying the reason for your mistakes can sometimes be
a good way to clear your head.

--Richard



 
Date: 18 Feb 2006 08:59:21
From: doctorjohn
Subject: Re: Time to call it a day? Hung my queen twice in a row.
Thanks for the reference! I think that, for people, either word is
correct, but for objects only "hung" is correct. Or maybe Dickens knew
the proper usage but assumed that the man in the white coat would not
have known.

There was a movie from the 1970s (a farcical western) in which some one
ran into an old friend - a cowboy who was popular with the women- and
exclaimed, "They said you were hung!", to which the cowboy replied by
turning to the camera and winking and said, "They were right!"


Dr. J



Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2006-02-18, doctorjohn wrote:
> > Should that be, "hanged"?
> >
> > The past tense of hanging a person (as opposed to an object) is
> > "hanged", e.g., "Yesterday the killer was hanged", but, "Yesterday I
> > hung the clothes out to dry".
>
> Yet Charles Dickens wrote (in Oliver Twist):
>
> 'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white
> waistcoat. 'I know that boy will be hung.'
>
>
> --
> Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
> ===================================================================
> Author:
> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)



 
Date: 18 Feb 2006 08:20:21
From: doctorjohn
Subject: Re: Time to call it a day? Hung my queen twice in a row.
Should that be, "hanged"?

The past tense of hanging a person (as opposed to an object) is
"hanged", e.g., "Yesterday the killer was hanged", but, "Yesterday I
hung the clothes out to dry".

In chess, do we so literally "hang" our pieces, as in figuratively
putting a noose around their neck and pulling the floor out from under
them? Or are we merely hanging them in the sense of dangling them in
front of someone?

And is the queen an actual representation of a person? Or merely an
object with some human attributes?

;- >



  
Date: 18 Feb 2006 11:30:50
From: Chris F.A. Johnson
Subject: Re: Time to call it a day? Hung my queen twice in a row.
On 2006-02-18, doctorjohn wrote:
> Should that be, "hanged"?
>
> The past tense of hanging a person (as opposed to an object) is
> "hanged", e.g., "Yesterday the killer was hanged", but, "Yesterday I
> hung the clothes out to dry".

Yet Charles Dickens wrote (in Oliver Twist):

'That boy will be hung,' said the gentleman in the white
waistcoat. 'I know that boy will be hung.'


--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org >
===================================================================
Author:
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)