From: Mike Harrison on
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:56:56 GMT, nico(a)puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:

>mac <alexc(a)theworld.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>> PS - what's the correct way to write the past tense of
>>> the verb "to ping"? Pingued? Pung? I started with
>>> "pinged" but that would probably be pronounced with a
>>> soft G...
>>
>>"pang"
>
>Like in to ring? So ping would be ping pang pung?
>We tried to ping him.
>We pang him.
>He has been pung.
>Hmmm. Like the sound of that.

...but the verb ring in the context of marking birds or drawing a circle with a pen would be 'ringed'