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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
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. " -- Thanks, Uri http://translation.israel.net Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere. |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia
On 11/26/07 4:46 AM, in article
Pine.WNT.4.64.0711261145450.4088@chayon-3220fd43, "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote: 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. " Thanks Mirjam, that is interesting. I wonder how many are the result of the nonstandard spellings. C |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia
Thank you Cheryl ,,,
i have no idea what all the sources are But it is very interesting . my son sent it to me ,,, mirjam Thanks Mirjam, that is interesting. I wonder how many are the result of the nonstandard spellings. C |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia
Come to think of it could also be the result of many Local [in every
country ] pronounciations ,, mirjam " Thanks Mirjam, that is interesting. I wonder how many are the result of the nonstandard spellings. C |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
Gloria Donen Sosin says she has found 16 spellings for *HANUKKAH* (in alphabetical order): That actually doesn't surprise me given that the original Hebrew word has to be transliterated into another alphabet. If you find that of interest, you would probably enjoy reading about the difficulty of translating American advertising slogans into Chinese. I remember reading about one where some marketing slogan was translated using characters that also meant "Bite the wax tadpole," (!!?!?!?!?!?) and a Pepsi slogan about bringing good things to life or something like that ending up being translated with characters that also meant "Brings your ancestors back from the dead." At least Japanese has a Roman alphabet as well as a purely phonetic alphabet in order to avoid such things. -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen says...
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, Eons ago, I had a run in with one of my son's teachers over the spelling of Hannukah. I forget what they were working on but she chastised him soundly for the 'mis-spelling' But wait there's mo she was Jewish!!!! -- another anne, add ingers to reply |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
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. " I have to LOL -- the way I taught to spell it -- CHANUKKAH -- isn't there! I was taught this spelling years ago by a Jewish friend whose parents came from Russia. I wonder if the differences have anything to do with the native language spoken by the different Jews? I remember being totally thrilled one year to find a Chanukkah card with THAT exact spelling! Needless to say, I bought it for my friend the minute I laid eyes upon it :-). CiaoMeow ^;;^ PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary -- ÐÏࡱá |
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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message news:Pine.WNT.4.64.0711261145450.4088@chayon-3220fd43... 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. " -- 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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A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)
Chanuka is about the war of the forces of light against the forces of
darkness ,,,,,, mirjam "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message news:Pine.WNT.4.64.0711261145450.4088@chayon-3220fd43... 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. " -- 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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