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« Reply #45 on: June 11, 2007, 06:33:15 pm »
that quiz was soo cool...altough I got that I lived in um New Jersey/New York area...I live in Illinois so freaky. I am taking French at school and I confuse myself with spelling between English and French words sometimes but learning French enhances my Spanish because if I forget how to say something in French I just think of how you say it in Spanish and I get it or vice versa.
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« Reply #46 on: June 11, 2007, 11:28:51 pm »
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Give this a go:

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

It higlights just how different the accents are...

and as an FYI... I pronounce Mary, merry, marry identically.


It pegs me as a Midlander, with Southern as my second-closest match, which is really good as I am a Southerner who doesn't sound quite so Southern when I'm away from home.
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« Reply #47 on: June 13, 2007, 10:33:00 am »
I got "The Midland" or tv voice/ no accent as my highest match with a 3 way tie for second between "Philadelphia", "The Inland North", and "The South". That's pretty funny because Pete says I sound like I'm from the south, but I don't think I do =P
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« Reply #48 on: June 13, 2007, 04:35:34 pm »
Your Result: The West
 Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent.

ha! I don't have an accent  :lol:
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« Reply #49 on: June 14, 2007, 10:01:53 pm »
I have a question

Why do we have to say "hanged" instead of "hung"? I just don't get it!

Damn it, it makes me angry it sounds wrong.
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« Reply #50 on: June 14, 2007, 10:13:18 pm »
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I have a question

Why do we have to say "hanged" instead of "hung"? I just don't get it!

Damn it, it makes me angry it sounds wrong.


Hung is something on a hook.  Hanged is a person convicted of murder or treason.
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« Reply #51 on: June 14, 2007, 10:21:45 pm »
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I have a question

Why do we have to say "hanged" instead of "hung"? I just don't get it!

Damn it, it makes me angry it sounds wrong.


Hung is something on a hook.  Hanged is a person convicted of murder or treason.


...I know the difference. But it just doesn't sound right!
"He was hanged" sounds so stupid.
I avoid that word!
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« Reply #52 on: June 15, 2007, 05:22:07 am »
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I have a question

Why do we have to say "hanged" instead of "hung"? I just don't get it!

Damn it, it makes me angry it sounds wrong.


Hung is something on a hook.  Hanged is a person convicted of murder or treason.


...I know the difference. But it just doesn't sound right!
"He was hanged" sounds so stupid.
I avoid that word!


Hanged and hung are different forms of the same verb(if I'm not mistaken.)  "Hanged" is in the past and ended in the past.  "Hung" is something done in the past and is still hanging to this moment.  Usually they take a person down after a while so most of the time people use "Hanged" to say they did it; unless he is still hanging in which case you would say he is hung *look there he is* :wink:

Most of the time when you hang a picture or whatnot on your wall it is still there because it is meant to be there a period of time.  So most likely it would still be there.  But if you are referring to the picture before the one currently up you might use "hanged" depending on how you constructed the sentence.

My grammer might be wrong so if anyone knows better feel free to correct me.
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« Reply #53 on: June 15, 2007, 06:40:29 am »
Both "hung" and "hanged" are correct but they have different uses, it all depends on the context.
Check here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hanged
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« Reply #54 on: June 15, 2007, 07:05:08 am »
I did check that but I wonder if at one time there was a difference between the two because they follow a pattern in the english language.  Maybe they were always confused so it became non-grammatical.
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« Reply #55 on: June 15, 2007, 07:15:47 am »
At one time, flour and flower were both spelled flour, and weren't distinguished from one another.
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« Reply #56 on: June 15, 2007, 07:35:20 am »
Well the third definition of hung lists it as the past tense and past participle so I guess the grammer still exists but has been eroded over time; most likely from people using it wrong.

For my part, I reversed the tenses even upon the case there was a difference because I made "hanged" the past participle in my explanation and examples.
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« Reply #57 on: June 16, 2007, 12:14:13 am »
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I have a question

Why do we have to say "hanged" instead of "hung"? I just don't get it!

Damn it, it makes me angry it sounds wrong.


Hung is something on a hook.  Hanged is a person convicted of murder or treason.


...I know the difference. But it just doesn't sound right!
"He was hanged" sounds so stupid.
I avoid that word!


"Saddam Was Hung!" could be a viable Onion headline  :lol:
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