https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/encounters/ Recent content in Encounters on A Geek's Life Hugo en Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:08:51 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/09/11/got-til-its-kinda-gone/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:08:51 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/09/11/got-til-its-kinda-gone/ <p><img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/7-got-till-its-gone.jpg"></p> <p>The less common variant of the <a href="https://archive.rustgeek.me/2020/08/21/vices-spices-and-a-question-of-identity/">“Where are you from” question</a> I get comes from the unconventional way my surname is spelt. Family folklore suggests that my great-grandfather, whether in a fit of pique or an attempt to be contrarian - no one is certain which it is, took his rather mundane Yoruba name, replaced a couple of vowels with consonants, and declared himself unique. To this day when I ‘goggle’ myself, every reference is to someone I know and have met, bar a <a href="https://societycelebration.com/prophet-t-b-joshua-taking-christianity-to-refreshed-global-horizon/">frankly confusing article</a> that includes TB Joshua, Togo and Canada. Make of that what you will.</p>