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Michael.f Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
how to pronounce "celtic"?
with "k" like "keen" or with "s" like "source"
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The basketball team in Boston is said with the S-sound, but in all other uses that I'm familiar with, it's the K-sound.
- The basketball team in Boston is said with the S-sound, but in all other uses that I'm familiar with, it's the K-sound.
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The basketball team in Boston is said with the S-sound, but in all other uses that I'm familiar with, it's the K-sound.
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One of those words that gives rise to lots and lots of disagreement.
I use seltic and keltic depending on whether I am talking to an English person or a Scottish person. Both are "correct". I think the Wikipedia article is pretty fair on the subject: http://tinyurl.com/2uc6x7
I use seltic and keltic depending on whether I am talking to an English person or a Scottish person. Both are "correct". I think the Wikipedia article is pretty fair on the subject: http://tinyurl.com/2uc6x7
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Michael.fwith "k" like "keen" or with "s" like "source"It is Celtic, with a k sound. The word is of Celtic origin, which always pronounces "C" as /k/.
The basketball team is Celtics with an s sound though.
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