Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!ciaraldi From: ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) Newsgroups: net.women,net.flame Subject: Re: Misogyny and correct use of English Message-ID: <4156@rochester.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 18:24:40 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.4156 Posted: Tue Nov 27 18:24:40 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:39:15 EST References: <1152@shark.UUCP> <3114@alice.UUCP> Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 29 Xref: sdcsvax net.women:3647 net.flame:6699 > 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