Hanged or hung?

Question:do you say "that person hanged.." or "that person hung.."??

Answers:
people are hanged, pictures are hung.
Hung.
hung
If the person was executed by hanging, they were hanged.

If they put an object on the wall, they hung the object.
Is hanged even a word?
hung. definetly.
People are hanged, coats are hung.
IT'S HUNG, I ALWAYS MAKE THAT MISTAKE, AND LIKE

THERE gone, instead of....
THEY'RE gone.....
just an example.........
They Hanged Sadam Hussein
if you are referring to death by hanging, then "hanged" is preferred, although both are correct.
I had that same question the other day and the answer I got was hanged. If you say that person was hanged then yes or if you say that person hung out there depends which way you use it.
that person hung..... didnt you know that? well im gald i could help u!
hung
Hanged..... when studying "The Crucible" my lit teacher preached that to us.....
you could say"that person hung"or"that person WAS hanged"
When you're talking about an execution, the correct verb is "hanged," as in, "Saddam Hussein was hanged in December 2006." If you're using it any other way, it's "hung," as in "I hung out with my friends today," or "I hung some clothes out to dry." It's weird, but that's how it is.
A person is hanged by the neck till dead... or a person is hung to the tree by his collar.

Saddam Hussein Hanged as a form of execution. and Saddam hussein hung out his washing is everything else.
John Holmes was well hung. But if he was sentenced to death, he would be hanged.
hung
The person was hanged, but their body hung from the gallows.

The past tense of hang (to hang a person) is hanged, but you can't just say the person hanged. You have to say they were hanged. The hanging was done to them (it's passive voice).

The past tense of hang (like clothes on a hanger) is hung.
One is hanged by the neck if one is executed. "Jake Lucas was hanged by the posse."
Your laundry is hung on the line to dry.

Why? Because English is irregular.
A person is "hanged." Clothing is "hung."
That person hanged himself, only Tom Dooley was hung. Or so say the two old ladies that dug him up.
You would say hanged, because hung is the past tense form for hang, and its used for objects.
objects are hung people are hanged
Depending On How Use Use Both Words Hanged Is Past Hung Is Present
hung

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