[THE_EPISTLE] I've found Hoppy

[Michael Robinson]

"By the way, have you met Hoppy? This is Mr Uniatz, Jim -  a one hundred per 
cent American from Poland."

"The Hiigh Fence," chapter 4 (from The Saint Goes On).

Michael

>From: Ian Dickerson <ian.dickerson at GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Mailing list of the Saint club <THEEPISTLE at OGHAM.ORG>
>To: THEEPISTLE at OGHAM.ORG
>Subject: Re: [THE_EPISTLE] I've found Hoppy
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:27:58 +0100
>
>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
>>
>>