# Police Search for Moron
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 21, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498 "2011-01-21T21:38:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/1 "2011-01-21T21:38:55Z")
[Story](http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=118768&catid=142)
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### Author:  [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/2 "2011-01-21T21:43:32Z")
Dude, your village called…
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### Author:  [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/3 "2011-01-21T21:43:54Z")
Too easy.
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/4 "2011-01-21T22:10:54Z")
Although the article won’t load for me, Google shows another source’s story headline as, “Moron on the Loose.”
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### Author:  [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/5 "2011-01-22T17:27:28Z")
I’ve never understood why people with ridiculous names like that don’t change them. There’s just no way I’m going through life with “Moron” as a surname.
Joe
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/6 "2011-01-22T17:42:21Z")
I went to college with a guy whose first name was, I swear to Og, “Dork.” His last name indicated that he was of Armenian descent, so I had to assume that it was a traditional and/or family name.
He was really good-looking, and we went out on a date one night, but I just COULD NOT see myself with someone with that name. Especially if I ended up using that name in certain relationship-type situations 😃
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/7 "2011-01-22T17:51:44Z")
Well, that’s a case of the title telling you exactly what you’re getting in the book.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/8 "2011-01-22T18:09:36Z")
Unsurprising that this guy ends up at odds with society.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/9 "2011-01-22T19:06:17Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#):
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> I’ve never understood why people with ridiculous names like that don’t change them. There’s just no way I’m going through life with “Moron” as a surname.
It’s a not uncommon surname in Spanish. However, it is accented on the second syllable so it is pronounced differently.
I knew a guy named Dumbbell once, and wondered why he didn’t change it.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/10 "2011-01-22T19:13:55Z")
I don’t know why they’re searching for this particular Moron. I do know the locations of several morons, if a generic moron will do.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/11 "2011-01-22T19:21:30Z")
Yeah, you’d think it wouldn’t take any special skills to come up with a Moron.
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### Author:  [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/12 "2011-01-22T19:31:41Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#):
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> I’ve never understood why people with ridiculous names like that don’t change them. There’s just no way I’m going through life with “Moron” as a surname.
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> Joe
Yeah,something normal like Dick Hertz
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### Author:  [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/13 "2011-01-22T20:14:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#):
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> It’s a not uncommon surname in Spanish.
Not true at all. Just as uncommon, and carrying just as negative implications, in hispanophone communities (mostly throughout the Americas).
A **very** minor point, but worth correcting. I live in San Antonio (a city with 60%+ Hispanic population), have traveled extensively throughout México and Spain, and have a Masters in Spanish language. And I’ve never, ever met anyone with “Morón” or any variation thereof as any part of their name. (And even if my personal observations wouldn’t suffice, consider the [RAE’s definition of the word](http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=mor%C3%B3n).)
Carry on.
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/14 "2011-01-22T20:25:14Z")
It’s pronounced “More-own”!!
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### Author:  [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-search-for-moron/568498/15 "2011-01-24T19:59:37Z")
I wish I’d seen this thread before **Autolycus**. Now, all I can do is:
> [@Nicholas Cage](#):
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> It’s pronounced ‘Ahz-wee-pay’.