Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Ah, but 'hung' is easily understood from context, so serves perfectly well.
Not at all. I was confused as to why he had been set upon a hook and allowed to decay until his tail feathers dropped out and his meat was tender - after all, who would eat a jew? After some research, I found out that he had been executed at the gibbet, but your imprecise use of language cost me a good 10 minutes of my life.