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|    RH Draney to supermegacamel@gmail.com    |
|    Re: Quin vs Quinn    |
|    01 Jun 16 23:57:10    |
      From: dadoctah@cox.net              On 6/1/2016 10:04 PM, supermegacamel@gmail.com wrote:       > On Friday, February 2, 1996 at 6:30:00 PM UTC+10:30, Denise Angeloni wrote:       >> Hello!       >>       >> I have a friend whose last name is Quinn. She told       >> me that the people who share her last name, spelled       >> with two "n"s, tend to be Roman Catholic, or of R.C.       >> background. Meanwhile those who spell it with only       >> one "n" tend to be of protestant faith.       >>       >> She also said that this is what she had always heard,       >> but wasn't sure if it was true. All the Quinns she       >> knows happen to be of R.C. background, but she doesn't       >> know any Quins.       >>       >> I was wondering if there was anyone out there who knows       >> whether this is true or not, or if there are any       >> Quin(n)s out there who can enlighten me further.       >>       >> Thank you in advance,       >>       >>       >> Denise Angeloni.       >>       >>       >> P.S. You can e-mail me or post, I have no preference.       >       > That's what I've always heard about the Quin(n) name. My fathers side is       Catholic.              Denise's "thank you in advance" turned out to be twenty years in       advance...if that's not a record, it's certainly a valiant attempt....              Some of the Quinns I know spell it Nguyen....r              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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