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|    Denise Angeloni to RH Draney    |
|    Re: Quin vs Quinn    |
|    24 Nov 22 12:17:12    |
      From: denise.angeloni@gmail.com              On Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 02:58:17 UTC-4, RH Draney wrote:       > On 6/1/2016 10:04 PM, superme...@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              And 8 years later, I decided to check... so nearly 30 years in advance :)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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