Discord has just been fairly insistent that I change my username ...

Lost User

You have to speak both names out loud, preferably in a falsetto voice, to see how ridiculous the second one sounds.

pkfox

I must be having a thick moment both names look the same to me :sigh:

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Lost User

Yes, but what about the sound? Go out into the garden and try it. No one in Addlestone will think you odd.

OriginalGriff

Just don't say it three times - it's a long way to Addlestone, and I won't be in a good mood when I get there ...

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pkfox

I give up

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glennPattonWork3

Just not three times in a mirror!

Graeme_Grant

OriginalGriff wrote:

From "OriginalGriff" to ... "OriginalGriff". :sigh:

They're dropping the #1234 random tag on the end ... good that you get to keep your name part, many have to change it. ref: Evolving Usernames on Discord[^]

Graeme

"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee

Slacker007

Well, the word "original" implies there are multiples, possibly copycat names. With that said, is your new/changed name just a copy of the original one? :-D

dandy72

OriginalGriff wrote:

I prefered the old one.

I prefer the original one too..

Single Step Debugger

Ah, I see - the first one is ASCII encoding and the second one is UTF-8.

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OriginalGriff

That's a win-win for me: I'm old and original! :laugh:

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trønderen

That makes sense. Yet, I wonder how you could tell. The representation is 100% identical down to the last bit for the two alternatives.

jmaida

? no diff other than order

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jsc42

jmaida wrote:

? no diff griff other than order

FTFY

JudyL_MD

I must remember to introduce you Zathras, Zathras and Zathras down on Epsilon Three. But not Zathras, he's a real jerk.

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OriginalGriff

Quote:

Yes, Zathras understand. No, Zathras not understand, but Zathras do. Zathras good at doings, not understandings. Zathras honored to meet you for many reasons.

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jmaida

:)

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milo xml

There is no difference :cool:

Gary R Wheeler

Is this one of those UNICODE jokes?

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Nelek

OriginalGriff wrote:

Just don't say it three times

beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetle...

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