Does it sound like a hard C or an S?
2007-02-01 07:41:13 · 11 answers · asked by josie775 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
With a hard K sound KELL-tic
Unless you are talking about the Boston basketball team - they're the SELL-tics!
2007-02-01 07:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by bio rocks! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's pronounced with a K. Unless it's a proper noun, then you would pronounce the way they want you to, like the Boston Celtics would be pronounced with an S.
2007-02-01 07:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by Carrie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You pronounce "Celtic" using the "K" sound; the "S" sound is used for the name of the basketball team.
2007-02-01 07:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by pmcc1053 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pronunciation of the words Celt and Celtic in their various meanings has been surrounded by some confusion: the initial
See the link below for more on the explination of its pronounciation.
2007-02-01 07:51:37 · answer #4 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C...with a K sound. That's the way I pronounce it anyway.
2007-02-01 07:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keltic. The base word is from the greek "keltoi" meaning "wanderers", given to the tribe of nomads from whom the race of Celts descended.
2007-02-01 07:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by Jack Hip 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the C sound. Ke-el-tick
2007-02-01 07:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by jessica r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes a ph sound like in phried chicken.
2007-02-01 07:57:57 · answer #8 · answered by Cain V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keltic
2007-02-01 07:54:10 · answer #9 · answered by joan b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
K
2007-02-01 07:50:04 · answer #10 · answered by kellring 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋