i just keep hearing people pronouncing that word diffrently. i need to know how to pronounce celtic, as in celtic cross. kel-tic or sel-tic
2007-05-27 21:44:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
looks like im getting mixed answers again. an internet source would help me determine the best answer. im looking for how you pronounce it for the irish. im part irish, but i've been in the states my whole life, never met a relative of full blood. but that part of my ancestory is the part im most proud of. every body keeps pronoucing that word diffrent
2007-05-28 11:16:20 · update #1
the football(soccer) team sel-tic
when referring to the race of people it is kel-tic. as the book of kells etc.......
i am of the celtic(kel-tic) race from county derry ireland. and i am a supporter of the glasgow celtic(sel-tic) football team. just adding that in so you know why i would know the proper pronunciation. for the cross it is kel-tic aswell.
2007-05-27 22:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sel-tic. The Irish people are pronounced sel-tic. Just ask my whole family. or me who lived there for a while. People only started pronouncing it kel-tic for the Boston Celtics, a basketball team. The name for the Celtic people is sel-tic. I was traumatized as a younger kid when I said it wrong and my Nana, my aunt, my uncle, and my da all started screaming at me. At once.
2007-05-28 04:57:32 · answer #2 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Having lived for 7 years in Boston, "sel-tic" is definately the correct pronunciation of the basketball team. That's also the correct pronunciation of the soccer/football teams (and, I would assume, any other sports team.)
When referring to the language/cultures, it's "kel-tic", from the Latin "keltoi".
2007-05-29 03:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the 'k' pronounciation for the culture hailing from the British Isles, and the 's' pronounciation for the pro-basketball team from Boston.
2007-05-27 22:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by Rynok 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I've heard that word pronounced either way. I guess it just depends on where you come from, which determines the way you say it.
2007-05-27 21:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Rodrigo 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
'Keltic' for the cultures, 'Seltic' for the teams.
Celt is from the Greek 'keltoi', meaning axes, hence the hard c. The soft c version is from the French, celtique, who inherited the Latin pronunciation.
2007-05-27 21:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
kel-tic
If I ever pronounced it "sel-tic" my Irish grandmother would smack me.
2007-05-27 21:47:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Is "ceramic" pronounced differently too?
2007-05-27 21:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Sadhaka 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
kel
2007-05-27 21:46:53 · answer #9 · answered by Night Nurse 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
kel-tic.
2007-05-27 21:46:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋