OT: Thanksgivukah calendar question was Re: Going viral? Thanksgivukkah; and WOTSY

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 27, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Amy West wrote:

> On 11/27/13 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>> But to get back on topic:
>>
>> 1)  I nominate "Thanksgivukkah" as the Word of the 77,798th Year.
>
> So I've seen bandied about the factoid? that Thanksgivukah won't happen
> again for "79,000" years. Given  that this year is 77,798 in the Jewish
> calendar

Is that right?  Looks like too many places.  I thought it was 5774, but who's counting?

LH

> , I'm wondering if people are misreading/misunderstanding that
> it will happen again in the year 79,XXX. It last happened about 130
> years ago. . .
>
> ---Amy West
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