Is it pronounced Seltic or Keltic?

The 1926 edition says “Seltic” is preferred, and the 1996 edition says that “Keltic” is preferred except for the Boston Celtics and the Glasgow, Scotland, soccer team called the Celtic Football Club.

How do the Irish pronounce Celtic?

“In Irish and Scottish and Welch and so forth, the letter ‘C’ is always “kuh” and Celtic is ‘Celtic’ [with a hard ‘C’],” said Harbeck. The same goes for Classical Latin.

Why do Celtic fans say BHOY?

‘Bhoys’ was a self-reference and nickname common among Irish emigrants on themselves. The extra letter was an attempt to capture the Irish accent, as well as probably signifying a sense of their own cultural identity.

How is the word Celtic pronounced in English?

The word spelt as “Celtic” is (arguably) English, as the Latin was “Celticus” or “Celticum”, the Welsh is “Celtaidd”, and the Irish/Scottish Gaelic is “Ceilteach”. By this argument, a pronunciation with /s/ should therefore be acceptable.

Where do Celtic fans get the name Seltic?

No matter what the rest of us say, they always use the “Seltic” pronunciation at the Paradise Football ground in Parkhead in the east end of Glasgow when they cheer their Celtic Football Club. Similarly, the Belfast football fans call their team the Celtic, pronounced “Seltic”.

What’s the soft sound in the word Celtic?

The soft “c” sound is usually reserved for sports teams now, like the Boston Celtics. Be it in the pub or in the halls of academia, whenever the topic of Irish culture, language, music, literature—basically, anything Irish—is brought up, the words Celt and Celtic are bound to be heard.

Which is the correct pronunciation Celtic or Burchfield?

Burchfield is referring to the Scottish Celtic Football Club, founded in 1887. In America, there is basketball’s Boston Celtics, founded in 1946, whose name is also pronounced with an initial \\s\\. The European away support that Celtic enjoys is phenomenal.