On Middle Names...

This story was reported to me by our sitter, who watches Gemma a few hours a week while I work.


The sitter, who we will call Ms. A. here (she has not given me permission to use her name here, nor do I think it is fair to talk about people I know very well on the internet without their permission).

Ms A and Gemma were talking about middle names.  Gemma was surprised to find out Ms A had a middle name.  Very surprised.

I imagine the conversation went something like this:

Ms A: everyone has a middle name!  Even me!
Gemma: You?  You?  You have middle name?
Ms A: Yes.  Yes!  I have a middle name.  My name is Ms A __________   ________  ________
Gemma: Middle name?  You?
Ms A: That is right!  I have a middle name.
Ms A: Do you have a middle name? (She is fully aware of Gemma's full name, just asking to see if Gemma knows her middle name).
Gemma: Yes.  I do.
Ms A: What is your middle name?
Gemma: Bean.  My name is Gemma Bean.