[Sca-cooks] OT, OOP Gifts at Hanukah

Heleen Greenwald heleen at ptd.net
Sun Dec 9 06:49:26 PST 2007


Ohhh! I like your explanation better Christianna!! <and not long  
winded like mine!!. Vivats!
Phillipa



On Dec 9, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Christine Seelye-King wrote:
>
>
> Whether the writer is using a phonetic translation of the Hebrew word
> (Hanukkah) or the technical translation (Chanukah). The actual  
> first letter
> is "chet', which is pronounced like an aspirated "K", sort of a  
> "khh" sound.
> There is no corresponding sound in English, so some soften it to a  
> simple
> "H", others bring in the "k". Just don't pronounce it like the "ch" in
> "chirp".
>
> Christianna
> Not Jewish, but I know some stuff ;)
>
> ______



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