I know generally speaking you are not allowed to change your name once you have made an account, and multiple accounts is a ban-able offense.

However, I screwed up the sign-up process. I made my account with the name I wanted "swollenostrich" but gave the wrong email address (forgot two letters in the email name, because I hardly use that one). So my sign-up verification email went to someone else who owns that email address - lol. Now I signed up again with this name (adding the "TM" to my name) with the correct email address.

Anyway to give me control of that original sign-up name and delete this one?
Anyone who checks will see those 2 names created within 5 minutes of each other from the same IP address.

Also, I wanted to post this in case anyone accused me later of trying to create two accounts.

Your original name account is now validated so you can log in to that one.
Once you do pm me to delete this account.
if you post with both then you lose both

now sorted