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babymakes3
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Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
I'm a Christian and from the Midwest where there aren't a lot of Jews, so forgive me if this is a dumb question.....
What's the difference between Hanukah and Chanukah?
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headoverheels
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
no difference at all - just spelling preference. i have heard that "chanukah" is the correct spelling but since it's a hebrew word, i don't think there really can be a "correct" english spelling.
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| Posted 11/21/07 1:41 PM |
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Whamtastic
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
Posted by headoverheels
no difference at all - just spelling preference. i have heard that "chanukah" is the correct spelling but since it's a hebrew word, i don't think there really can be a "correct" english spelling.
It's a phonetic translation and either is acceptable. I go with the CH because it's pronounced with the throaty ch noise, but I usually pronounce it Hanukkah.
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| Posted 11/21/07 1:42 PM |
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evnme
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
they are interchangeable
w/ transilteration, it doesnt matter
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| Posted 11/21/07 5:53 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
To me, Chanukah is the authentic and correct spelling
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| Posted 11/21/07 5:55 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
Posted by mrswask
To me, Chanukah is the authentic and correct spelling
I would say the same and with further clarification:
The "CH" sound, for Hebrew and Yiddish speakers indicates a serious "loogie hocking" sound. Very few people do this correctly if they are not familar with it.
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| Posted 11/21/07 5:58 PM |
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evnme
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
if you use just a plain H, it is the more european way of writing the gutteral transilteration (there would be a dot under the word to indicated the "ch" sound)
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| Posted 11/21/07 6:01 PM |
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Emily
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
Posted by babymakes3
I'm a Christian and from the Midwest where there aren't a lot of Jews, so forgive me if this is a dumb question.....
What's the difference between Hanukah and Chanukah?
What part of the midwest are you from?
I am a Midwest Jew. There are a lot of us in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, etc...
The only difference is which relative taught you to spell it. 
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| Posted 11/21/07 6:05 PM |
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babymakes3
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Re: Spinoff to Spinoff - Hanukah or Chanukah?
Thanks for your responses! It was very informative!
To Emily - I'm from a small town in Minnesota. I don't think there was a single Jewish person in my entire high school class of 180 people, if in my high school at all. I know there are a lot in Mpls/St. Paul area (where I went to college), but it is definitely a smaller percentage of the entire population than in New York.
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| Posted 11/21/07 8:38 PM |
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