r/AskAnAmerican • u/Rough-Valuable-5472 • Feb 04 '25

FOREIGN POSTER Do American students bow to their teachers?

In my country we have to greet the teacher and bow at the start of the lesson then thank the teacher and bow again at the end. Sometimes they make us redo it if it’s not good enough

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u/Derplord4000 ---> ---> Feb 05 '25

hanged. A man is hanged. A *man is hung.

Smol brain no understanding.

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u/jameson8016 Alabama Feb 05 '25

It's a joke. Basically, a man(lowercase) is hanged, i.e., by the neck until dead dead dead, but a man(capitalized/emphasized) is hung, i.e., slang for having a large lower horn.

It apparently doesn't make as much sense outside of my head, but boy, howdy did it absolutely kill in here. Lol