[Ads-l] new slogan

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Larry asks: Why October 88?

Answer: H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
So 88 is HH, which for Neo-nazis is Heil Hitler.
Here's an internet item in German:

Neonazismus: Die Zahl 88 wird unter Neonazis als
getarnter Hitlergruß verwendet: Der achte Buchstabe
des Alphabets ist das H; die 88 steht somit für HH,
eine Abkürzung von Heil Hitler (siehe auch Rechtsextreme
Symbole und Zeichen).

Gerald Cohen
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Am I missing something? I could understand =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s =
(still/always) October 8=E2=80=9D, i.e. the day after October 7.  =
(Recall all the references to =E2=80=9C9/12=E2=80=9D.) But why October =
88?

LH

> On Jan 2, 2024, at 11:02 AM, James Landau =
<00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> "For some its a new year but for the Israelis its October 88!"
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> I have now seen this slogan in both Facebook and email.
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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