Do you pronounce the word Celtic like Celtic or Celtic ,?

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WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

Hard C like Keltic.

Unless I'm talking about the Boston Celtics, then I pronounce it like they do, with a soft C. It's their team, so they can pronounce it like they want.

There are all kinds of words that have changed pronunciation over the years. Language evolves and is regional. I don't like saying one is "right" and another is "wrong".

I teach English as a second language very part time. I always teach local dialect, because that's what the students will hear. If they are advanced enough to not be confused, I will point out the difference. For beginners I stick to local dialect only.

abc3643 · Accepted Answer

I say "Sell Tick" as in "Boston Sell Ticks". My wife says "Kell Tick" as in "Kell Tick Woman". Both are acceptable although the uptight now say it should be "Kell Tick".

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Celtic languages are phonetic so if it were an S sound it would be spelt Selt. Neither Irish or Welsh has a letter K although Scots and Breton do. Hence I would say Keltic.

Irish and scots-ceilteach
Welsh-celtaidd

Not sure of the Breton word but it's probably similar to the welsh.

Interestingly If you pronounce it Selt you get the Icelandic for sold and in Northern English dialects it means the same thing. I wonder if Selt comes from Viking slave traders selling Irish captives.

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

It's the Boston  S eltics, but  K eltic culture/traditions. If you're speaking the language it's always called "K"eltic, which is the proper, Old World pronunciation.  Don't know how the sibilant "S" replaced the hard "K". But in the case of the basketball team, it did.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

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There's a sports team called the Boston Celtics, as in Celery. That's how I pronounce it. I don't know of anybody that eats Kelery. And, seeing as how the Celtics wear Kilts and that's spelled with a K, why would Celtic be pronounced Keltic?

bowenw · Answer

Usually with a hard c.

wiltingrosepetal · Answer

why does this whole comment thread know about a tandom sports team from boston lmao

aceleon · Answer

do you prounounce same thing like same thing or same thing?

CaptainSmartass · Answer

I pronounce it Keltic (as if it was a K), unless I'm talking about the football team, then it's Seltic (as if it was an S).  by the way, Celtic is a football team in Glasgow, Scotland. Simples...

TadCurious · Answer

Celtic with a hard "c." For some reason the NBA Boston Celtics have always pronounced it with a soft "c."

BlissfullyCurSed · Answer

Keltic is the correct and more culturally appropriate way to pronounce it.

AviatorTom · Answer

I pronounce it Kell-tick, unless it's the Boston basketball team, which is Sell-ticks.

Thestupidusername · Answer

Celtic anyone who pronounces it Celtic is just weird

AngryCarl · Answer

Celtic, unless it's the football (soccer) team. In which case, Celtic (as in Seltzer).

Adventurer23 · Answer

Neither. I pronounce it like Celtic.

NathanDavis · Answer

I definitely go with  Celtic...

Orangekiss · Answer

Wait what? I have heard it pronounced keltic.

4ngelic · Answer

i say keltic, not seltic

mandyfire98 · Answer

Celtic and it's not even close

Siri137 · Answer

No, neither! It's pronounced 'Celtic'.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Like Keltic, with a K.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

The simple answer is: yes, I do

Starrrboy · Answer

I thought it was keltic!..

MissBoogus · Answer

I pronounce Celtic like Celtic

Anonymous · Answer

I pronounce it like "Picts"

Cubus · Answer

Tseltik

JamesRandiDebates · Answer

With a hard C.

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