Zone1 Hanukkah or Chanukah?

[Zebra]

which is your preferred form?

i prefer the beginning with Ch .....

 

[Mr Natural]

Cha-noo-ka

 

[Zebra]

Cha-noo-ka

exactly!

 

[fncceo]

Do you spend a lot of time writing it out?

I almost never have a reason to spell Easter.

 

[Zebra]

Cha-noo-ka

so you can pronounce the ch sound, as in the Scottish loch?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

which is your preferred form?

i prefer the beginning with Ch .....

It's pronounced with a hard CH. English has no equivalent sound.

 

[Zebra]

It's pronounced with a hard CH. English has no equivalent sound.

Scottish has

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Scottish has

You're asking an ENGLISH audience on the forum. Nobody cares about Scotland

 

[Zebra]

There are other variants …. without the h in the end

 

[Cougarbear]

Does it really matter? An example of the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Jews need to learn the teaching of Jesus Christ's spirit of the law. As a Jew converted to Christ, I understand the difference.

 

[Zebra]

Does it really matter? An example of the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. Jews need to learn the teaching of Jesus Christ's spirit of the law. As a Jew converted to Christ, I understand the difference.

it is a linguistic question
I am interested in languages

 

[Zebra]

The 8 days of Chanukkah have started now.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Christmas

 

[Zebra]

In Australia at Bondi Beach there was an attack on Jews celebrating Chanukah.