[THE_EPISTLE] I've found Hoppy

[Ian Dickerson]

I'm not in a position to check the Immortal Works at the moment but for some
reason I always pegged the Uniatz name as coming from Poland.

Now if only I could remember why...!

Ian


On 15/06/06, Alec McAllister <t.a.mcallister at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>    What part of the world does UNIATZ come from.
>
>  I can't find it with a "z", but spelling of names tends to be erratic
> anyway. This is from the Wikipedia:
>
> 'The term has been used by the Holy See (e.g., in the Ex Quo of Pope
> Benedict XIV)[4]. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1909) consistently used the
> term "Uniat" to refer to Eastern Catholics, stating: "The Uniat Church is
> therefore really synonymous with Eastern Churches united to Rome, and Uniats
> is synonymous with Eastern Christians united with Rome." '
>
>  I know he was from New York but where did his descendants come from?
>
>  Dey came from wherever dere ma was when Hoppy met her.  :-)
>
> Perhaps Charteris just wanted something that hinted that Hoppy's ancestors
> were vaguely Eastern European or Balkan; nothing too specific, so as not to
> offend anyone with an obviously ethnic joke.
>
> Alec
>
>
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