Why is my Github handle ericthewry
?
I wanted to make my handle intimiate the literal meaning of my full name: Eric Hayden Campbell.
- Eric – everlasting/honored ruler
- Hayden – heathen
- Campbell – wry-mouthed
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..