Video: “How Do You Spell Channukkahh?”
posted at 10:56 am on December 21, 2006 by Allahpundit
Love it. And besides, I owe our Jewish readers a holiday post after two Christmas posts in the past twelve hours or so. It’s the LeeVees from their new album, “Hanukkah Rocks.”
First Stuck Mojo, now this. When did this site turn into TRL?
Thanks to chsw for the tip.
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Happy Hannukha, Channukkahh, hanukkah, etc.
shooter on December 21, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Forget TRL, when did this site turn into Ace’s weekend crew?
Number 2 on December 21, 2006 at 11:10 AM
How do you mean?
Allahpundit on December 21, 2006 at 11:11 AM
Allah – we want all teh serious, all teh time.
There is a war going on, after all.
Carin on December 21, 2006 at 11:23 AM
Here’s a funny video about Judaism: Rav Schmuel “Protocols”.
Free Kurdistan on December 21, 2006 at 11:26 AM
You’re about to get the serious. As much as you can handle, in fact. Five more minutes.
Allahpundit on December 21, 2006 at 11:26 AM
We have friends that are interfaith and they celebrate Christmakah (more Christians than Jews). Other friends celebrate Channumas (more Jews than Christians). It is all about the ratio of Christians to Jews at the celbration. Or so I am told. Works for me, a Jew loving, backslid Southern Baptist with friends from all over.
seejanemom on December 21, 2006 at 11:30 AM
as a note Chanukah can be spelt either starting with a C or an H
btw that Protocols video I’ve added to my myspace :-D
Defector01 on December 21, 2006 at 11:40 AM
So funny! I’ve just sent it to a friend at work who was JUST asking me how you spell it. Laughing my head off…
WriterMom on December 21, 2006 at 11:44 AM
shades of Electric Company and Sesame Street.
dalewalt on December 21, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Keep the humour coming also… we need it as much as the serious side.
dalewalt on December 21, 2006 at 11:46 AM
ok so what is TRL
color me ignorant.
One Angry Christian on December 21, 2006 at 12:07 PM
Love it! What a hoot!
Chappy on December 21, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Pish posh, that story? You know there is no terrorist threat in this country! Fatty Moore says so.
Besides, as soon as Nancy partying with the rich and famous, the Dems are going to get serious about the GWOT.
Carin on December 21, 2006 at 12:18 PM
Ace’s weekend crew tends to post tons of music videos.
Number 2 on December 21, 2006 at 1:20 PM
TRL = Total Request Live
kimsch on December 21, 2006 at 1:38 PM
I love the funny videos. Everything around us serious. Some of the best laughs of the day are here, either the videos-the incredibly horrifying screen shots of people that AllahPundit manages to get, and the one-liner captions.
PLEASE KEEP BEING LIGHT AND FUNNY, mixed with serious.
If we were serious all the time…well-that would make us…like LIBERALS, who have no sense of humour at all. GAAAAA.
WriterMom on December 21, 2006 at 1:58 PM
Personally, I spell it as
Hannukah
But of course the issues are:
A “C” or “H” at the beginning?
One “N” or two?
One “K” or two?
When I was in Sunday school, we heard what was ostensibly a Jewish record celebrating Hannukah where they pronounced it with a “CH”! My teacher immediately turned it off and we went onto other things. It really couldn’t have been too authentic.
asc85 on December 21, 2006 at 2:13 PM
Ah, here in the UK they just call it “the C-word” … ;-)
MoonbatMedia on December 21, 2006 at 2:21 PM
I can’t remember for sure which Jewish comic came up with this one..
Let’s put the CHRIST back in CHRIST-mas and the HHHKHH (throat-clearing noise) back in HHHKHH-annukkahh
The Monster on December 21, 2006 at 3:09 PM
This site keeps me going after working so hard right now in my “real” job. I love the pop culture stuff, mixed with the politics. Of course, I adore Ace’s weekend crew.
What does that say about me?
Stormy70 on December 21, 2006 at 3:35 PM
Two “N’s” and one “K” is the easy part of the answer.
For the tough part I refer you to asc85′s comment above about Sunday school.
This is the normal reaction expected from that environment to the “CH” sound in Hebrew, Jewish, and Arabic.
Since it can’t be pronounced (including by most American Jews) the C has been removed. Most American secular Jews tried to Americanize themselves by removing the C.
I was fortunate to be taught the CH sound when I was young.
God Bless, Happy (Channukah and Merry (Christmas
accdat on December 21, 2006 at 6:40 PM
Hey!
That was a pretty good video. I was expecting something cheesy. Good tune too.
Lone Starr – “What’s it say?!”
Yoghurt – “Achh chhaamuneckhh cchennachhonn…”
Princess Vespa – “That’s beautiful, what does it mean?”
Yoghurt – “Nothing, I was just clearing my throat.”
Coronagold on December 21, 2006 at 9:26 PM
It’s easy in Hebrew, of course.
However, it is “chanukah” in English. Anything else is a misunderstanding of how to transliterate English from Hebrew.
hadsil on December 21, 2006 at 11:04 PM
It’s kinda hard to spell words from languages that use sounds that the speller does not have in their own language; like anything from Khoisa, including the name Khoisa itself.
- The Cat
MirCat on December 22, 2006 at 12:32 AM
Awesome song & video!
And I have a solution, same as #10 on Letterman’s “10 ways to make Communism fun again”: Spell it with a ‘K’!
Khanukkah
RD on December 22, 2006 at 12:16 PM