burt@axiom.UUCP (Burt Janz) (07/16/84)
I've been reading the discussions about Celts and Stonehenge and such with some interest. I have a dumb question, however.. Is Celts pronounced "selts" or "kelts"? Sorry to show my ignorance... Burt Janz @ Axiom Technology, Newton MA
brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (07/18/84)
In article <582@axiom.UUCP> burt@axiom.UUCP (Burt Janz) writes: > > Is Celts pronounced "selts" or "kelts"? > I have it on very good authority, i.e. SEVERAL friends whose hobby is the past in general, and the Celtic cultures in particular, that Celts is pronounced "kelts". This having been learned in numerous brow-beating sessions, in which I was turned from the path of wanton behavior, and years of talking about the Boston "seltics", to the one true path of righteousness. Brad Spear sdcrdcf!brad
larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn) (07/18/84)
According to Webster, it's "'selt, 'kelt" - so take your pick until some "mod- ern Gael, Highland Scot, Irishman, Welshman, Cornishman, or Breton" tells you differently.
gurr@west44.UUCP (Dave Gurr) (07/27/84)
< force of habit ... > Beware! Although `Celts' is indeed pronounced `kelts', the Glasgow football team `Celtic' (as in the Celtic vs. Rangers annual grudge match) is pronounced `seltic'. Woe betide you if you pronounce it wrong in Scotland! mcvax "You can't clean the \ toilet Neil, real students ukc!west44!gurr don't do that!" / vax135 Dave Gurr, Westfield College, Univ. of London, England. PS - I'm not Scottish!
gurr@west44.UUCP (Dave Gurr) (07/31/84)
< force of habit ... > Webster? What's that? Oh, I see, it's an American English dictionary ! Well, that explains it! :-) (-: Seriously tho', how about a discussion in net.nlang (which has been pretty empty recently) about differences between American English and (if I may be so bold) `real' English. Both myself and many English people I know consider them to be two dialects of the same language, although I'm not sure that dialect is the correct term in this case. Are `American' and `English' drifting further apart ? I'd be interested to see peoples views on this. mcvax "You can't clean the \ toilet Neil, real students ukc!west44!gurr don't do that!" / vax135 Dave Gurr, Westfield College, Univ. of London, England.
lfm@ukc.UUCP (08/03/84)
Who are these Glasgow Celtic Rangers?????
I have heard of Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers, but not that
interesting combination - there must be thousands of bigots out there
whose heads are reeling at the thought!!!
Lindsay F. Marshall
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