Re: Have Yourself a Merry Saturnalia....

I dont have a latin dictionary with me but Christmas could actually be
Latin, if it were latin then I think the translation would be "Habeamus
hilarem christmas" which literally translates to "You may have a merry
christmas" little clunky, but best I could come up with.

Will look to see if Christmas is actual latin word.

Peace all

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: Have Yourself a Merry Saturnalia....


> 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..."
>