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   Lee Ayrton to Denise Angeloni   
   Re: Quin vs Quinn   
   02 Dec 22 13:01:08   
   
   From: layrton@panix.com   
      
   On 11/24/2022 15:17 PM, Denise Angeloni wrote:   
   > 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 :)   
      
   Ed Rice will be along in a decade or two to follow up.   
      
      
   Lee "Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum, or fruit flies like a banana" Ayrton   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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