Comments on: Video: “How Do You Spell Channukkahh?”

By: RD

RD — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:16:37 +0000

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

By: MirCat

MirCat — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:32:42 +0000

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

By: hadsil

hadsil — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:04:38 +0000

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.

By: Coronagold

Coronagold — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:26:06 +0000

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.”

By: accdat

accdat — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:40:36 +0000

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

By: Stormy70

Stormy70 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:35:06 +0000

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?

By: The Monster

The Monster — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:09:22 +0000

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

By: MoonbatMedia

MoonbatMedia — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:21:23 +0000

Ah, here in the UK they just call it “the C-word” … ;-)

By: asc85

asc85 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:13:09 +0000

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.

By: WriterMom

WriterMom — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:58:38 +0000

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.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:38:31 +0000

TRL = Total Request Live

By: Number 2

Number 2 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:20:52 +0000

How do you mean?

Ace’s weekend crew tends to post tons of music videos.

By: Carin

Carin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:18:17 +0000

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.

By: Chappy

Chappy — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:14:29 +0000

Love it! What a hoot!

By: One Angry Christian

One Angry Christian — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:07:42 +0000

ok so what is TRL

color me ignorant.

By: dalewalt

dalewalt — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:46:35 +0000

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

Keep the humour coming also… we need it as much as the serious side.

By: dalewalt

dalewalt — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:28 +0000

shades of Electric Company and Sesame Street.

By: WriterMom

WriterMom — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:44:05 +0000

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…

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:40:05 +0000

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

By: seejanemom

seejanemom — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:30:05 +0000

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.

By: Allahpundit

Allahpundit — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:26:35 +0000

You’re about to get the serious. As much as you can handle, in fact. Five more minutes.

By: Free Kurdistan

Free Kurdistan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:26:34 +0000

Here's a funny video about Judaism: Rav Schmuel "Protocols".

By: Carin

Carin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:23:46 +0000

Allah – we want all teh serious, all teh time.

There is a war going on, after all.

By: Allahpundit

Allahpundit — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:11:58 +0000

How do you mean?

By: Number 2

Number 2 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:10:13 +0000

Forget TRL, when did this site turn into Ace’s weekend crew?