WOTS? (Word of the season) -- Thanksganukah

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 21, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Geoffrey Steven Nathan wrote:

> I've seen lots of occurrences of a competing blend:
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> thanksgivukkah

Hanukkah does come first, very unusually, but "Hanugiving" doesn't really work, even if you reheat a bunch of latkes to go with your turkey, and "Hanuthanks" is even more hopeless--it just sounds like an expression of gratitude for the Hanukkah gelt.  I think I'll go with Chanksgiving /xaNksgIvIN/, with a strong velar fricative.  Or perhaps /xaeNksgIvIN/, with a front vowel, depending on the breakdown in your family's level of observance.

LH

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>> From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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>> From an email message today:
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>> "This year it's Thanksganukah. We should all celebrate with latkes."
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>> From the simultaneity of the Puritan and Jewish festivals.
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>> I have not researched earliest appearance. Probably before
>> Halloween, just like Christmas advertising.
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