Comments on: Haveil Havalim #196 My kids wish it was Chanukah already Edition http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/12/14/haveil-havalim-196-my-kids-wish-it-was-chanukah-already-edition/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/12/14/haveil-havalim-196-my-kids-wish-it-was-chanukah-already-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-178948 Jack Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:50:23 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=11527#comment-178948 Transliteration does make it a bit subjective as to whether things are correctly spelled or not. Transliteration does make it a bit subjective as to whether things are correctly spelled or not.

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]]> By: Jeff Hess http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/12/14/haveil-havalim-196-my-kids-wish-it-was-chanukah-already-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-178860 Jeff Hess Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:48:28 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=11527#comment-178860 Shalom Jill, The use of double letters and final h's has always confused me in Hebrew/English transliteration. If the letter doesn't appear in the Hebrew, why the feck do we add it in the English? In the case of Chanukah, the only real question is do you represent the Chet with a Ch or an H? In Hebrew the word is spelled (right to left, of course) Chet, Nun, Vav, Kof, Hey. Add three vowels: ah under the Chet, oo in the Vav and a second ah under the Kof and you have Cha Nu (oo) Kah. I HATE transliteration. B'shalom, Jeff Shalom Jill,

The use of double letters and final h’s has always confused me in Hebrew/English transliteration. If the letter doesn’t appear in the Hebrew, why the feck do we add it in the English?

In the case of Chanukah, the only real question is do you represent the Chet with a Ch or an H?

In Hebrew the word is spelled (right to left, of course) Chet, Nun, Vav, Kof, Hey. Add three vowels: ah under the Chet, oo in the Vav and a second ah under the Kof and you have Cha Nu (oo) Kah.

I HATE transliteration.

B’shalom,

Jeff

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