what’s in a name? would a rose by any other name be as ferly?

as editor of the ragbag, i receive a fair amount of hate mail (mostly from irate north dakotans), the occasional requests for hi-rez pictures of my handsome moustache, and reams and reams of spam. but very rarely, i receive a letter of such magnitude that it not only knocks my socks off, it douses them with kerosene and blackpowder and ignites them with lightning from an aurora borealis.

such was a communication that i received from mr. craig marchbank who was pleased as candied fruitcake to introduce me to his daughter, FERLY ROSE MARCHBANK. and i am pleased as that same baked good to introduce her to all of you—because get this—craig stated that he and rebecca named their daughter for the very reasons mentioned by orson in his word idol post on ferly!!

at its very core, word idol was about legacy: words that our predecessors have given us and words that we can pass down to our successors. legacy is also what having babies is all about. i am thrilled to see old words and young babies coming together in this way.

welcome to this ferly world, ferly marchbank. i hope that you find it every bit as strange and every bit as wonderful as your name is preparing you for.

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for all you knocked-up parents to be out there, might i humbly suggest featlet or fyllok or any of the other word idol f-words as names for your future bundles of joy.