At our surgery we have a pair of twins who have 4 or 5 names each but only one of them is different - confusing or what? I suppose the names that are the same are equivalent to a surname. Trouble is, some nationalities seem to choose a different one of their various names to call themselves by each time they come to the surgery and seem a bit surprised when we don't know who they are! Sri Lankan names are often very long, one of the ladies just calls herself Mrs Nathan to help us out, which is very kind of her. When surnames are tagged together, I feel sorry for the children when they start school - imagine poor little mushroom slithering-drip having to learn how to spell her name? The cloakroom pegs must have some very long labels!