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From: lmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: The "X" in Xmas
Message-ID: <254@denelcor.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Dec-83 13:51:18 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 17 13:51:18 1983
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NO, no, no. The "X" is a transliteration of the Greek letter chi, pronounced
"key", which has the pronunciation of "ch". It is indeed the first letter in
the Greek rendering of our English "Christ". The Catholic Church still uses
the symbol chi-rho (looks like a capitol P with a small x superimposed),
meaning (in Latin, Christus Rex, or Christ the king).
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