CELTIC

[Scotty_3_Hotty]

Follow!! Follow!! we will!!...

just kidden a know its about the Celtic people hahahahahahahahaahah

[Scottish_Republican]

I think the Boston Celtic basketball team also pronounce it "seltic", but they are the exceptions. Some of the old guard at Glasgow Celtic said it should be pronounced "Keltic", but no one takes notice.

[hcribbes]

Here is an extract that may help to resolve the issue on the pronunciation of Celtic.

"Many reference books will tell you what scholars know about the Celts. They will tell you that the Celts spoke a language of their own, of which Cornish, Welsh, Breton, Manx, Irish and Scottish Gaelic are the modern descendants of the original Celtic languages. They will tell you that the Celtic languages form two major groups, the Brythonic, or those found primarily in Britain--Cornish, Welsh, and Breton (the latter because of emigration across the English Channel--and Gaelic--those primarily found in Ireland and Scotland. The major difference, you will be told, is the pronunciation of certain letters, among them hard or soft Cs. Perhaps this is where the sehltic or is it kehltic issue comes from. The word Celt is not a word from the Celtic people, it is from the Greek who referred to them as the Keltoi with a hard C."

These differences in pronunciation are also known a P-celtic and Q-celtic.

The older Q-Celtic or Goidelic in Eire and the younger P-Celtic or Brythonic in Albion and Gaul. (thats England, Wales and France today). In due course the two languages where to diverse still further. The Goidelic gave rise to Erse (modern Irish Gaelic), to Gaidhlig (Scots Gaelic) and to Gailck (Manx Gaelic) while the Brythonic gave rise to Cumbrian, Cymraeg (Welsh), Kernak (Cornish) and Brezoneg (Breton)

I hope this information helps explain things.

Oh and one other thing, the football team is simply "The Celtic" There is no Glasgow in front.

Harry - a lowlander!

[Scottish_Republican]

"Oh and one other thing, the football team is simply "The Celtic" There is no Glasgow in front."

Really? I've never heard it called "the Celtic". Only "Celtic" or "Glasgow Celtic"... or even "the Celts" in the tabloids.

[Polwarth]

Or even, 'The Bhoys'....

[Celyn]

I try really hard not to know about football, so I have no idea whether or not the green stripey team deserves to be consigned to history.

Still, I think, if this thread belongs anywhere, it belongs in the Language forum. It had died a natural death then sprang back to life this month, but I do think the original question has been dealt with.*

I'm closing this one.

* heheh - and any observations about ending a sentence with a preposition can go to the language forum too!