[SOC] Happy Hanukkah

[Fred Jensen]

Ian C. Purdie wrote:
> Sorry to rain on everybody's parade.
> 
> Hannukah is actually spelled Hanukkah

Well ... not really ... Hanukkah or however else you choose to spell it 
in the Latin alphabet are transliterations from Hebrew, so most anything 
that gets the sound across is sort of OK.  The only "right" spelling is 
the Hebrew, of course.  From that all-knowing source, Wikipedia:

"Hanukkah (Hebrew: חנוכה‎, also spelled Chanukah or Hanukah), also known 
as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday beginning on 
the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may fall 
anytime from late November to late December. It celebrates the 
rededication of the Second Temple at the time of the Maccabee rebellion."

I doubt the Hebrew spelling with make it through the SOC reflector, but 
you can Google [hanukkah"] and the first hit as usual will be the 
Wikipedia entry.  Be sure to pronunce the Hebrew from right to left, 
otherwise it will come out "hahhk-u-nahh" which sounds vaguely like a 
word that might mean "cat coughing up a hairball."

Happy Holidays to all, regardless of how you spell them,

Fred K6DGW