In celebration of really really good gas mileage

[scottobear]

Happy...

Uh, which way is the most accepted?

Channuka, Channukah, Chanuka, Chanukah, Chanuko, Hannuka, Hannukah, Hanuka, Hanukah, Hanukkah, Kanukkah, Khannuka, Khannukah, Khanuka, Khanukah, Khanukkah, and Xanuka.

Two spellings for each day. Yeesh. Why can’t we spell Non-English, Non-Roman character-based words more phonetically? Heck, In Hebrew it's only five letters.

Have a good one, regardless. :)

Comments

"Why can’t we spell Non-English, Non-Roman character-based words more phonetically? "

[missv.livejournal.com]

Probably 'cos there's no single Roman character representing that gutteral throat-clearing "ch" sound...or any of the other interesting dipthongs that languages like Hebrew are famous for.

Re: "Why can’t we spell Non-English, Non-Roman character-based words more phonetically? "

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

that Darn Peking / Beijing thing all over again.

I'm just surprised we've not come up with a standard spelling after all these years.

The wrapping paper I just used..

[zoe.livejournal.com]

Spelled it: Hanukkah

I like the one with the X the best though!

Re: The wrapping paper I just used..

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm partial to that one too... :)