>I knew Chomsky's parents when I was a kid. His mother was the principal of my Hebrew school, and his father was a well-regarded professor.

What a combo (of parents)!

>Incidentally, they pronounced the name with a guttural "h" at the beginning, not a "ch" sound.

Oye vey! Noam was driven to Linguistics by a life-time of mispronunciation?

:)

Thanks Tamar