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Re: Have Yourself a Merry Saturnalia....

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, December 14, 2000, 8:20
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:14:49 -0800 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
> 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/.
- I seem to remember learning in High School Spanish class to spell it "Janucá". -Stephen (Steg) "oy xanike oy xanike a yontef a sheiner..."