The Brunch Table

I did a little linguistic research this afternoon–isn’t counting Google hits the best way to answer usage questions?

Hanukkah: 16,900,000
Chanukah: 3,930,000
Hanukah: 1,110,000
Hanuka: 639,000
Chanuka: 596,000
Channukah: 535,000
Chanukkah: 340,000
Hanukka: 124,000
Chanike: 958
Khanike: 882
Chanikke: 4

Oh, and while we’re at it…
Kabbalah: 3,830,000
Kabala: 1,250,000
Kabbala: 997,000
Qabalah: 276,000
Kaballah: 203,000
Kabalah: 147,000
Qabala: 123,000
Qabbalah: 80,600
Kaballa: 50,100
Kabballah: 36,800
Qaballah: 18,400
Qabbala: 16,700
Qabballah: 964
Qaballa: 869
Kabballa: 630
Qabballa: 563

All I want for Hanukkah is for the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Israel to invent us a pinyin already. (I mean, if they’re going to rub out the nonstandard dialect of my ancestors, they might at least improve my search results.)