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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

What’s in a Name?

Author : Simon Lancaster

Published in: Winning Minds

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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The other night, Lucy and I were in a restaurant. When the waitress came over to tell us our table was ready, a couple nearby heard our name was Lancaster and instantly came over to strike up conversation. They were also Lancasters — a couple of generations older — and we then chatted throughout the evening, swapping notes on the Lancasters of the north of England, the Lancasters in Wales, the Lancasters in London and beyond. The oxytocin was flowing… There was no blood tie between us but we bonded through little more than our names.

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Metadata
Title
What’s in a Name?
Author
Simon Lancaster
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465948_10