A collection of word oddities and trivia (fwd)

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

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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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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

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

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

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.

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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!!!!

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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 ^;;^

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"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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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

Chanuka is about the war of the forces of light against the forces of
darkness ,,,,,,
mirjam


"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.
"

--
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