Wednesday, December 12, 2007

oops . . . A Hanukkah Ham?

3 comments:

Marcy said...

ha! whoever made that sign must have learned english in thailand.

Marcy said...

okay, i did notice that ham on hanukkah was just wrong - but since when did they start spelling it with a 'ch'?

Donna said...

Apparently you can spell it any way you want. I know cause it says so on the internet. *Ü*

The Spellings of Hanukkah

There seems to be some confusion surrounding the actual spelling of Hanukkah. Part of the reason for this confusion may be due to the fact there is no exact English translation of the Hebrew word for Hanukkah.

To help clear up some of the confusion we would like to present a number of the different spellings one might encounter.

Chanuka
Chanukah
Chanukkah
Channukah
Hanukah
Hannukah
Hanukkah
Hanuka
Hanukka
Hanaka
Haneka
Hanika
Khanukkah