Such a weird coincidence. I stepped out of my house a few minutes ago to buy ice cream, and I bump into a Ukrainian friend of mine whose last name is “Popov”. I come back to my computer and immediately click this link on HackerNews and see the name Popov again. Weird. I sent this link to him and he says: where did you find this? And he says: his family name is related to people who invented certain radio components in the Soviet Union. Such a strange moment of synchronicity.
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Such a weird coincidence. I stepped out of my house a few minutes ago to buy ice cream, and I bump into a Ukrainian friend of mine whose last name is “Popov”. I come back to my computer and immediately click this link on HackerNews and see the name Popov again. Weird. I sent this link to him and he says: where did you find this? And he says: his family name is related to people who invented certain radio components in the Soviet Union. Such a strange moment of synchronicity.
Popov is a very common surname in Eastern Europe, something like Smith or Rodriguez. At work, we have 5 Popovs :)
"Pop" is the word for priest, so it translates to "priest's" (son).
(You know this, obviously. I'm posting it for the others.)
And, I happen to chat with a Popov almost every day :-)
Coincidence? Maybe...