I’m guessing it was intentional. This is the first time I’ve seen it called “khamas,” but what I understand from looking it up is that it’s how the word is commonly written/pronounced in english in Israel. (If I’m wrong, please correct me!)
Fair enough. And I should be clear, I didn’t find a good source for this explanation, all that came up that was related was a few forum threads. And now that I’m looking at it again, there’s a good variety of completely different answers out there. So I really don’t know what to believe here.
I may just not be searching well; if anybody does have reliable info about this I’d be happy to hear it :)
It’s the standard transcription of the Arabic sound, which is closest (in fact, pretty much identical) to the Hebrew sound which is typically used to pronounce the first consonant in Hamas. Blame the bad Arabic-language education is Israel for not pronouncing it correctly…
This is, as far as I know, not a word in Arabic, and non-standard transcription for Hebrew — the standard would be “Ḥamas” or “H̲amas” (using “ch” is common but non-standard as well).
They absolutely can, they choose not to. There are videos of Israelis slipping up because they were used to saying it correctly before 10/7, but now it is a shibboleth.
No-one else is going to question the use of “khamas”? Really?
Hamas is 5 letters long, it’s not like it would have been difficult to get the spelling right.
It’s apparently a play on words. “Khamas” in Hebrew means “violence”.
You mean chamas?
That’s the play on words
I thought it was to visually add an accent.
Alternate spelling.
Eye dialect
I’m guessing it was intentional. This is the first time I’ve seen it called “khamas,” but what I understand from looking it up is that it’s how the word is commonly written/pronounced in english in Israel. (If I’m wrong, please correct me!)
I’ve never once heard anyone, Jewish, Israeli, or otherwise, pronounce Hamas with a k.
Fair enough. And I should be clear, I didn’t find a good source for this explanation, all that came up that was related was a few forum threads. And now that I’m looking at it again, there’s a good variety of completely different answers out there. So I really don’t know what to believe here.
I may just not be searching well; if anybody does have reliable info about this I’d be happy to hear it :)
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Every single interview with any israeli spokesperson calls them Khamas. This is the norm.
https://youtu.be/LYA0RWtj1xI
It’s the standard transcription of the Arabic sound, which is closest (in fact, pretty much identical) to the Hebrew sound which is typically used to pronounce the first consonant in Hamas. Blame the bad Arabic-language education is Israel for not pronouncing it correctly…
This is, as far as I know, not a word in Arabic, and non-standard transcription for Hebrew — the standard would be “Ḥamas” or “H̲amas” (using “ch” is common but non-standard as well).
Have you ever seen anyone, anyone, spell it “Khanuka”?
The kh pronunciation is a sort of shibboleth for Israeli Zionists. The comic is making fun of it.
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They absolutely can, they choose not to. There are videos of Israelis slipping up because they were used to saying it correctly before 10/7, but now it is a shibboleth.
Israelis can just say “Hamas” like everyone else. For some reason they just decide not to.
That would be chamas, not khamas.