S'mores are generally marshmallows toasted over a fire, then placed (while hot) on a graham cracker with a piece of chocolate, with another cracker on top. This melts the chocolate and makes a gooey mess.
As for Chanukkah, I'm not sure. I know the C is correct, though it used to be common usage to use an H, but not much else.
The two most common spellings are Chanukah and Hanukkah. Essentially, you're using words from another alphabet, and not all of the letters correspond. The first letter in Chanukah, chet, is that throat-clearing sound; it's traditionally written as an "H" with a dot under it in English, but since that character's a pain in the ass, most people write "Ch".
Chet, nun, kuf, hay, is how it's spelled. Therefore, it's more correct to use one "k" than two, as there's only one "kuf"; likewise, the final "h", which not everyone uses, is more correct, as the Hebrew word does end with the "hay", the h-sound.
"Chanukah" is the closest you can get, in English, to the actual spelling.
Not when it's written, no. They have vowels that are represented by patterns of dots above and below the consonants, but generally those are only written for schoolchildren; adults recognize a word by the consonant pattern.
Do circumstances not arise where there's confusion between words? F'rinstance, something like brk - is that brook, broke, break, or bork? Or is the language diverse enough that that doesn't happen?
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graham cracker
Hershey bar portion
hot toasted marshmallows
graham cracker
if I recall correctly. And I've seen half a dozen different spellings today to. That's what happens when you romanize words from other alphabets. *g*
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As for Chanukkah, I'm not sure. I know the C is correct, though it used to be common usage to use an H, but not much else.
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Chet, nun, kuf, hay, is how it's spelled. Therefore, it's more correct to use one "k" than two, as there's only one "kuf"; likewise, the final "h", which not everyone uses, is more correct, as the Hebrew word does end with the "hay", the h-sound.
"Chanukah" is the closest you can get, in English, to the actual spelling.
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Jack jumped in the brk.
Careful, you'll brk it.
I'm uneployed and totally brk.
Um dedoopdedoo de dorp de daaa, brk brk brk.
See? Context.