Abby at Appellation Mountain is discussing Aranza today, one of the fastest-rising girl’s names of 2014 according to the SSA stats and a diminutive of the Marian name Arantzazu. It’s a pretty great write-up, be sure to check it out!
What do you think of Aranza? Do you know anyone in real life with this name?
Sancta Nomina 
Hi! was wondering if you could clarify what your tweet with the hashtag “MotherMaryFTW” means???? I only know one definition for the particular “ftw” and it is pretty explicit.. ([eff]TheWorld) sooo… 🙂 I just wanted to make sure you were aware of that and wonder if you could point out what is meant by your “ftw” for the people who might be in my same boat.
Disclaimer: I don’t use twitter so maybe this acronym is totally normal for something much less explicit than the version I know. ❤
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Ohh noooooo!!!!! I’ve only seen FTW=”for the win”– I will stop using it promptly if there’s any chance it’s misunderstood!!
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I had to look it up: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FTW
Whew! (Are you in a biker gang? ;)) Seriously though, thanks for clarifying — I hope no one else was confused!
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HaHaHa! You would think so, huh??? I wonder about the circles I travel in now. The people I know who use it aren’t explicit people and really only “talk” that way via acronym, which was surprising to me, but I am glad to be wrong and sorry my brain is in the gutter 😉 Kate-For The Win!
Thanks for taking the time to clarify and even googling it. I guess I could have done that *face->palm*
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Hahahahaha!!!!!
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