On 6/8/2013 1:18 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:44:48 -0600, casa bona > wrote:
>
>> On 6/8/2013 12:30 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 06/06/2013 1:51 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>>>
>>>> The word, which originates from Hebrew and not German, ends with a
>>>> silent consonant that, when sounded in other instances, is pronounced
>>>> like an "h." Many (most, actually) Hebrew words have a 3-letter
>>>> "shoresh" or root, and from that root, various nouns and verbs and
>>>> whatever else associated with it are created. This goes for nouns and
>>>> verbs, not proper names, nor conjunctions and the like.
>>>>
>>>> Hanukah is another such word Americans might know - it ends in the same
>>>> silent-in-this-case consonant.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If it were in a spelling bee would it be Chanukah, Hanukkah or Hannuka?
>>>
>> Merriam Webster has it as #2 - Hanukka.
>
> Really?
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...erm=number%202
>
Lol, ok, I should have said the second one :-)