what's your middle name?

Someone once told me that you should try to learn something new every day.
With this in mind, each day of 2012 I will try to discover the middle name of someone I do not know.
This blog charts my progress.
Richard M. Crawley


Thursday 19 July 2012

Lopes

Buying some extra mature cheddar and a packet of a spinach in a large supermarket, I hover by an empty check-out.  'I'm opening', says the assistant wearing the green padded jacket that is her uniform.  She has square shiny earrings and is smiling.  We complete our transaction and as I am packing my rucksack I ask my question.

'As in Jennifer?', I check.  'Yes, except with an 's'', she corrects.  It is Portuguese.

'Is that okay?' she asks.  I tell her that it is more than.

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