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Re: Have Yourself a Merry Saturnalia....

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Thursday, December 14, 2000, 5:14
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>The Spanish teacher is equally stumped. Granted it's probably something >clever like "Hanukkah", but do Spaniards throw a "j" or an "x" up front?
Well, my spanish dictionary gives "Januká" as an alternate to "Hannukah". So, i'm assuming Spaniards would say it with /x/, but Latin American speakers with /h/.