Posted July 7, 2012 I got a pm pointing out to me that someone has registered a name one letter different than mine. WTF!? please be aware there are now a runamock-me & a "runamok" Really? apparently we've run out of names & must resort to alternate spelling. This could happen to you too... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Not to be a dick(too much anyway), but "amok" is actually the more correct spelling referring to the Malyasian term and also referenced in the DSMIV. Although, the original meaning seems to have some merit here: "A killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment." 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 So is runamuck still available? I better snatch that up. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Hunny there is only one you, but Thank you for pointing it out;) Hopefully the ladies will make a mental note of this as well. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Not to be a dick(too much anyway), but "amok" is actually the more correct spelling referring to the Malyasian term and also referenced in the DSMIV. Although, the original meaning seems to have some merit here: "A killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment." Since you gave your definition I'll give you mine: The phrase is often used in a less serious manner in relation to someone or something that is out of control and causing trouble (e.g., a dog tearing up the living room furniture might be said to be running amok). Such usage does not imply murderous actions, and any emotional implications (e.g., rage, fear, excitement) must be gleaned from context I changed the spelling to imply a noun (person) instead of a verb (action). Keep in mind this was still in the 90's when I got my first computer. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 I know that years ago,whe TO was around, he was really on top of this sort of thing. He never allowed 2 people to have names too similar, never allowed 2 screen names , and never allowed names of famous people. Maybe if you ask Gina, she can do something about this...Sounds like a possible troll to me. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Well if there was one, he doesn't show up in the user list today... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Well if there was one, he doesn't show up in the user list today... A user with no posts does not show up in the user list. However, if you try to send a PM then they will both show up. As it stands right now, this user has not done anything other than take a name close to another user. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 7, 2012 Your funny Mr. Reindeer. never really gave it much thought, your translation makes more sense . The ladies have to live with that all the time. mock is to treat with contempt, or ridicule, to mimic I never did understand the meaning of his name. really thre are more important things in life then a jons name lilithia 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2012 I got a pm pointing out to me that someone has registered a name one letter different than mine. WTF!? please be aware there are now a runamock-me & a "runamok" Really? apparently we've run out of names & must resort to alternate spelling. This could happen to you too... I submit that the new user's "name theft" may not be intentional, and that your spelling, "amock", is almost certainly wrong. From what I've found, the two common spellings are "amok" and "amuck". Heck, type amuck into Google, and it brings up the search results like normal. Same with amok. Type amock into Google, it automatically corrects the spelling to amok. A web search shows plenty of examples of both amok and amuck. There’s a blog with the title “Running Amuck,” and a 5K race called the “RunAmuck Mud Run.” Here are some other examples: People who permit their children to run amuck in places of business should be locked in a cage with an angry gorilla. HOAs are a good idea run amok As a caregiver, plaintiff has allowed the children to run amok in neighborhoods where they lived. So which is the “correct” spelling? Writing in the first half of the last century, H. W. Fowler preferred amuck. He classed the spelling amok, along with sati and Khalif for the more familiar spellings suttee and Caliph, as a “didacticism.” Dictionary devotees whose devotion extends to the etymologies think it bad for the rest of us to be connecting amuck with muck, & come to our rescue with amok. On the eve of the year 2010, however, the spelling amok seems to have won. A web search gives amuck 694,000 hits; amok garners 4,350,000. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/running-amok-or-running-amuck/ Misspell your screen name, and you can't be too angry when someone else comes along and spells it right. As Ashton Kutcher would say: Burn! LOL There might even come along a Transformers fan to take the third spelling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runamuck 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2012 I got a pm pointing out to me that someone has registered a name one letter different than mine. WTF!? please be aware there are now a runamock-me & a "runamok" Really? apparently we've run out of names & must resort to alternate spelling. This could happen to you too... Trolls. Possibly potential hackers. Time to fumigate under the bridges, IMO. I am aware of a few deliberate screen name spoofs which were intended to fool people, and it kind of made me go, "Hmm." 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 12, 2012 So is runamuck still available? I better snatch that up. LoL that made me giggle;) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 12, 2012 That stinks. Reminds me of the fake PM's from "Mace." that a bunch of girls received a couple of months ago. The troll copied everything from Mace's profile - just added a "." at the end of the name. At least you aren't an ASP that has someone using your name 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 12, 2012 That stinks. Reminds me of the fake PM's from "Mace." that a bunch of girls received a couple of months ago. The troll copied everything from Mace's profile - just added a "." at the end of the name. At least you aren't an ASP that has someone using your name Ah geez that would suck!! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 12, 2012 At least you aren't an ASP that has someone using your name EXACTLY:mad: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 12, 2012 Trolls won't be tolerated, let me know if it becomes something more than a similar handle. PS: There was a GinaXOXO (in LV) before there was a GinaXXX.... I had no idea, and people confused our handles for years. Fortunately, she was a good sport about it and we just dealt with it. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 17, 2012 Hahaha, so I just googled Sophia Rose escort and turned up 3 of us...one in VA, but she's completely different then me. One in Australia that looks hot though...and I'll forgive her since she is one of my fellow countrymen/women lol 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 18, 2012 So now we have runamock with 1,622 posts and runamok with 1 post ,....when and if they start to post I agree that gonna be a bitch,... to tell you two apart,.... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
