2006-12-12 07:04:16 · 12 answers · asked by SNAP! 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Hanukkah
None. The proper spelling is Channukah. In English speaking countries it is often spelled without the "C", because that tends to make us say it like the "CH" in Cheese or Chipmunk. It should be a throaty "h" sound.
2006-12-12 07:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's only a question of how the Hebrew word is transliterated into English spelling. The letter with which Hanukkah begins is a "Het" - which has no exact equivalent in English; it's not quite an "h", but not quite a "ch" sound either. As a result, different people transliterate it in different ways; none of them is right or wrong.
2006-12-12 10:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know Hannuka is the eight day celebration of the festival of lights when the eternal flame burned for eight days and there was really only eneough oil in the lamp for one day and i cannot remember what channuka is i been to Israel twice and alot of my friends are jewish and i am sorry i cannot remember
2006-12-12 07:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Merely a difference in translitteration. 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".
2006-12-12 07:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by skepsis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is spelled channuka but pronounced hannuka.
2006-12-12 07:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whether the writer is using a phonetic translation of the Hebrew word (Hanukkah) or the technical translation (Chanukah).
2006-12-12 07:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only the spelling. It's the same celebration.
2006-12-12 07:07:08 · answer #7 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A letter called C.
2006-12-12 07:05:05 · answer #8 · answered by Gennight42 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is the same thing just different spellings. In hebrew the c is pronounched as a h
2006-12-12 07:06:23 · answer #9 · answered by handbag_addict_2006 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Same thing, different spellings, and its hanukkah and chanukkah btw.
2006-12-12 07:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋