Today's linguistic rant
Friday, March 18th, 2011 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lethargic_manThere is no such word as "ham[ae]ntasc?hen"! "Hom[oe]ntasc?hen", yes; "oznei Haman", yes; but "ham[ae]ntasc?hen" no! It's a Yiddish word; you can't put Hebrew elements with Israeli pronunciation into a Yiddish word; you have to use Ashkenazi pronunciation!
Sadly, I think I'm onto a loser here:
Grrr!
Sadly, I think I'm onto a loser here:
| Word | Google hits |
|---|---|
| homontashen | 205 |
| homontaschen | 33 |
| homentashen | 10,400 |
| homentaschen | 366,000 |
| hamantashen | 71,100 |
| hamantaschen | 161,000 |
| hamentaschen | 1,050,000 |
| hamantashen | 1,130,000 |
Grrr!
