Why is my Github handle ericthewry?

I wanted to make my handle intimiate the literal meaning of my full name: Eric Hayden Campbell.

The handle ericthewry seemed like a concise way to suggest each of these meanings. Using a near-literal meaning of my last name (wry instead of wry-mouthed), and a naming convention common to everlasting (in memory at least) historical leaders – Attila The Hun, Ivan the Terrible, Alexander the Great – many of whom were themselves heathens.

However, ever since I created the handle, almost every one of my peer collaborators has asked me what in god’s name ericthewry actually means, and why I chose something so absurd. Someone once asked me what “Eric ther wee” meant…

In hindsight, I probably should have just gone with something like ehc or ecamp or ehcampbell. Ah well..