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   Message 51,099 of 51,410   
   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 :)   
      
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