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Happy Chanukah to my fellow PN posters

cybrsage

cybrsage

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Friend or foe, ideological agreement or antithesis, it matters not. Wishing everyone a very happy Chanukah, which starts, well, started an hour or so ago (on the east coast).

Chag Semeach! Happy Holiday!
 
Hanukkahk, Chanukah, Chanukkah, or Chanuka

either way its חֲנֻכָּה

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L'Chaim.

I had the family Chanukah party at my house last Saturday. Of course, our tradition is that we serve Honey Baked Ham for that party, which should tell you how truly observant we are. Still, it was kind of nice that my wife, not being Jewish, went all out and decorated the house for Chanukah, even buying a menorah. Had nothing to do with me. Was all her initiative.

- wolf
 
Happy Hanukkah, Xmas, Kanzia, or Ramadan, there is nothing wrong with various people celebrating religious traditions.

The mistake inherent is in assuming one old tradition is better than another.

Happy holidays ye all, peace on earth and good will to all mankind. Something that should better dominate our thinking 365 days a year.
 
pcgeek11 said:
Why do they have four different ways to spell it? Are they all the same holiday? WTF?
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In Hebrew, the word Hanukkah is written חנֻכה or חנוכה (Ḥǎnukkâh). It is most commonly transliterated to English as Chanukah or Hanukkah, the former because the sound represented by "CH" does not exist in the English language. Furthermore, the letter "chet" (&#1495😉, which is the first letter in the Hebrew spelling, is pronounced differently in modern Hebrew than in classical Hebrew , and neither of those sounds is unambiguously representable in English spelling. Moreover, the 'kaf' consonant is geminate in classical (but not modern) Hebrew. Adapting the classical Hebrew pronunciation with the geminate and pharyngeal Ḥeth can lead to the spelling "Hanukkah"; while adapting the modern Hebrew pronunciation with no gemination and uvular Ḥeth leads to the spelling "Chanukah".
 
guyver01 said:
In Hebrew, the word Hanukkah is written חנֻכה or חנוכה (Ḥǎnukkâh). It is most commonly transliterated to English as Chanukah or Hanukkah, the former because the sound represented by "CH" does not exist in the English language. Furthermore, the letter "chet" (&#1495😉, which is the first letter in the Hebrew spelling, is pronounced differently in modern Hebrew than in classical Hebrew , and neither of those sounds is unambiguously representable in English spelling. Moreover, the 'kaf' consonant is geminate in classical (but not modern) Hebrew. Adapting the classical Hebrew pronunciation with the geminate and pharyngeal Ḥeth can lead to the spelling "Hanukkah"; while adapting the modern Hebrew pronunciation with no gemination and uvular Ḥeth leads to the spelling "Chanukah".
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Nicely said!

I like to say the ch is pronounced the way it is in Bach...like the sound of clearing your throat, though not quite. 🙂
 
Put on your yalmulka, here comes hanukkah
Its so much fun-akkah to celebrate hanukkah,

Hanukkah is the festival of lights,
Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights.

When you feel like the only kid in town without a x-mas tree, heres a list of
People who are jewish, just like you and me:

David lee roth lights the menorrah,
So do james caan, kirk douglas, and the late dinah shore-ah

Guess who eats together at the karnickey deli,
Bowzer from sha-na-na, and arthur fonzerrelli.

Paul newmans half jewish; goldie hawns half too,
Put them together--what a fine lookin' jew!

You don't need deck the halls or jingle bell rock
Cause you can spin the dreidl with captain kirk and mr. spock--both jewish!

Put on your yalmulka, it's time for hanukkah,
The owner of the seattle super sonic-ahs celebrates hanukkah.

O.j. simpson-- not a jew!
But guess who is...hall of famer¡ºrod carew--(he converted!)

We got ann landers and her sister dear abby,
Harrison fords a quarter jewish--not too shabby!

Some people think that ebeneezer scrooge is,
Well, he's not, but guess who is:all three stooges. [esus]

So many jews are in show biz--
Tom cruise isn¹t, [tacit] but I heard his agent is. [esus]

Tell your friend veronica, it's time you celebrate hanukkah
I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely hanukkah.

So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah, and smoke your mara-juanic-ah,
If you really, really wanna-kah, have a happy, happy, happy, happy
Hanukkah¡­¡­. happy hanukka!
 
guyver01 said:
In Hebrew, the word Hanukkah is written חנֻכה or חנוכה (Ḥǎnukkâh). It is most commonly transliterated to English as Chanukah or Hanukkah, the former because the sound represented by "CH" does not exist in the English language. Furthermore, the letter "chet" (&#1495😉, which is the first letter in the Hebrew spelling, is pronounced differently in modern Hebrew than in classical Hebrew , and neither of those sounds is unambiguously representable in English spelling. Moreover, the 'kaf' consonant is geminate in classical (but not modern) Hebrew. Adapting the classical Hebrew pronunciation with the geminate and pharyngeal Ḥeth can lead to the spelling "Hanukkah"; while adapting the modern Hebrew pronunciation with no gemination and uvular Ḥeth leads to the spelling "Chanukah".
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I don't think you meant to plagiarize here and I'm not being critical, but I'm inclined to supply the wikilink that this comes from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah

Much other good information about the holiday in there as well.

- wolf
 
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