Quin vs Quinn
snopes
> 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.
And when they get here, everybody's gonna jump for joy.
- snopes
Denise Angeloni
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.
Jennifer Mullen
<denise....@utoronto.ca> says:
>Hello!
Yo.
>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.
I've heard this about my last name also. The root Irish surname is
Mullein (O'Mullein or Ni Mullein, depending on gender). Family lore
has it that "Mullen" is the spelling used by Irish protestants, and
"Mullin" used by Irish Catholics. I've never met anyone who uses the
"i" spelling.
Aside from my family, I'd never heard any correlations made between
orthography of surnames and religion until I read this post.
-Jennifer "Ni" Mullein
Jennifer Mullen | "When I was younger I wanted to be a boy. Now
que...@psu.edu | I'm very aware of what I am, and I don't
http://198.106.163.249/~jen/ | pretend to be anything else." -PJ Harvey
Mike Holmans
> In article <DM4ut...@utcc.utoronto.ca>, Denise Angeloni
> <denise....@utoronto.ca> says:
>
> >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.
>
> I've heard this about my last name also. The root Irish surname is
> Mullein (O'Mullein or Ni Mullein, depending on gender). Family lore
> has it that "Mullen" is the spelling used by Irish protestants, and
> "Mullin" used by Irish Catholics. I've never met anyone who uses the
> "i" spelling.
>
The religious background of British MPs Joyce Quin and Chris Mullin tend
to bear the above theories out, but not in a statistically significant
way. However, I once had a boss called Dave Quinn, who was an Ulster
Protestant. And my Catholic friend Seamus O'Semtex^WMullen is another
counter-example.
Mike "inter-marriage keeps everything _so_ simple" Holmans
superme...@gmail.com
> 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.
>
> 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.
RH Draney
advance...if that's not a record, it's certainly a valiant attempt....
Some of the Quinns I know spell it Nguyen....r
Lee Ayrton
Lee "Anticipating jumping for joy" Ayrton
Denise Angeloni
Lee Ayrton
Lee "Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum, or fruit flies like a banana" Ayrton