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Jul 30 2010

How to spell the name of the Jewish holiday?

10 responses so far

10 Responses to “How to spell the name of the Jewish holiday?”

1. 
   # SIR THOMAS OF PIKEon 30 Jul 2010 at 4:54 pm

   Holocaust! Dummy. Oh no wait I’m the dummkopf. That’s a Nazi holiday!

2. 
   # C Jon 30 Jul 2010 at 5:49 pm

   Hannukah

3. 
   # Rod Con 30 Jul 2010 at 6:24 pm

   Hanukkah, or Chanukkah.It is the same pronunciation ,like you are clearing your throat….:) (It corresponds to the Feast of Dedication in John)

4. 
   # maddog27271on 30 Jul 2010 at 7:20 pm

   lol good one, reminds me of the name of the category ……….

5. 
   # Mysterious Bobon 30 Jul 2010 at 8:19 pm

   I’m Jewish, so you can sort of take my word for this:

   Because it’s a transliteration, you can spell it practically any way you want as long as it reads the same. For example, all of these are correct:

   Hannukah, Hanukah, Chanukah, Channukah, Hanukkah, etc. People will understand.

   But your word processor may insist on one correct one. For instance, Yahoo’s spell check insists on Hanukkah. But it’s the same — transliteration, no right spelling.

   But if you must pick one, I do suggest Hanukkah, as it is the most common, and recognized by most spell checkers.

6. 
   # dances_with_unicorns1955on 30 Jul 2010 at 8:36 pm

   The holiday of Hanukkah doesn’t really have a “correct” English spelling. This is because it’s transliterated from the Hebrew word, and that word uses sounds that English doesn’t quite have. The first letter is called a “het” – and the sound it makes is somewhere between the sound an “h” makes and the gutteral “ch” that you hear in German. As a result, you’ll see it spelled both “Hanukkah” and “Chanukkah” from time to time. Either one is fine.

7. 
   # bballlovr@sbcglobal.neton 30 Jul 2010 at 9:28 pm

   hannukah can be spelled 17 different ways

8. 
   # BMCRon 30 Jul 2010 at 9:56 pm

   Since it is a transliteration (i.e. its a hebrew word) any spelling is ok as long as it aproximates the pronunciation acurately.

   I personally spell it “Chanukah”. Phonetically: HA (guteral H) NOO KA

9. 
   # Courtney Von 30 Jul 2010 at 10:20 pm

   Hannukah

10. 
    # Melanie Mueon 30 Jul 2010 at 10:42 pm

    There was a humor piece going around the Internet about all the different ways of spelling Hannukah. Their tongue-in-cheek conclusion was that it should be spelled “xanuka”.

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