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|    Lee Ayrton to RH Draney    |
|    Re: Quin vs Quinn    |
|    03 Jun 16 01:44:48    |
      From: layrton481@gmail.com              On 6/2/2016 2:57 AM, RH Draney wrote:       > 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       >              Mighty Nguyen the Eskimo? When will he get here?                            Lee "Anticipating jumping for joy" Ayrton              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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