Re: Not always joking, it seems

mike weber wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:46:47 -0000, Petrea Mitchell
> <pravn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> At Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:49:12 -0800,
>> Mike Schilling <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> strode forth and
>> proclaimed to rec.arts.sf.fandom:
>>
>>> Brunner's _Stand on Zanzibar_ accepted both terrorism and 
>>> murderous
>>> rampages as a fact of life.   He invented terms for both: the
>>> terroists were called "partisans", and the rampagers "muckers",
>>
>> "Mockers".
>>
>>> because they were people who reached their limit and ran amok.
>
> "Muckers" from the variant spelling "amuk".

And to get the pronunciation right.