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Old November 27th 07, 08:01 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Fred
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Default A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)


"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html


On Page 1 (among a lot of other oddities and trivia):

"
Gloria Donen Sosin says she has found 16 spellings for *HANUKKAH* (in
alphabetical order): Channuka, Channukah, Chanuka, Chanukah, Chanuko,
Hannuka, Hannukah, Hanuka, Hanukah, Hanukkah, Kanukkah, Khannuka,
Khannukah, Khanuka, Khanukah, and Khanukkah. (Her list may include
transliterations from Hebrew to English.) James A. Landau has found
Chanuccah in an 1872 prayer book.
"

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Thanks,
Uri
http://translation.israel.net

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.


It doesn't matter how Chanukah is spelt!!!

The black characters represent the "Idea",
The background or space between the characters represent the "Message"

Off my Kabbalist soap box.

Fred


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