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cooby Jan 04 2008 05:56 PM

Though the rest of you can look. Is 'celtic' pronounced "keltic" or "seltic"? Thank you!

DocTee Jan 04 2008 05:59 PM

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cooby Jan 04 2008 06:02 PM

When did they change it? I am sure it used to be "seltic". And I think it's probably a pretty old word.

DocTee Jan 04 2008 06:08 PM

The only place I hear it pronouned "softly" is to describe the NBA team from Boston. I was told thats an incorrect pronunciation but it's so engrained that it would be ruinous to fix it now.

cooby Jan 04 2008 06:20 PM

That's it! That's where I have heard "seltic" all these years, the Boston Celtics! But suddenly now I'm hearing "keltic" and I'm thinking, "what is this... Is it like Jaguar? It used to be pronounced 'Jag-waar', now it's 'Jag-u-are'?"

DocTee Jan 04 2008 06:31 PM

I think the three syllable Jaguar is British and the two-syllable is American, but that both are correct.

metirish Jan 04 2008 06:39 PM

I would say I am a Keltic person, but a soccer team I support would be pronounced Glasgow Seltic,I would say any sports team would use Seltic and I could name you a dozen that do. If you were going to study it would be Keltic studies, Keltic music , Keltic art and so on like that. I would think both are correct. Does that help?

cooby Jan 04 2008 06:56 PM

Yes it does!...all my life I'd said "seltic" then suddenly I'm hearing "keltic" and thought I was wrong! until DocTee pointed out the Boston Celtics. I think I like the way "seltic" sounds better, though. It's more musical sounding.

RealityChuck Jan 05 2008 02:54 PM

According to the OED, both are correct. In general, the sports teams use "Seltic" and those who refer to the culture use "Keltic."

cooby Jun 08 2008 06:03 PM

How do you pronounce "shite"? I run across it in this which is pretty good, btw

metirish Jun 08 2008 07:40 PM

shi ite - does that make sence? , not like Shiite Muslim .

cooby Jun 08 2008 08:06 PM

Yeah....and is it some kind of slang?

metirish Jun 08 2008 08:08 PM

I really have no idea Cooby , it is said a lot , maybe in the way we say feck instead of fuck we say shite instead of shit.

cooby Jun 08 2008 08:10 PM

Lol, okay now it makes perfect sense :)

themetfairy Jun 08 2008 08:11 PM

Here's what [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shite]Wikipedia says[/url].

cooby Jun 08 2008 08:15 PM

Quite a range of meanings

Frayed Knot Jun 08 2008 08:31 PM

The Irish-American rock band 'Black 47' used 'shite' on several occasions and clearly used it as a replacement for shit just as in the above mentioned feck/fuck, or heck/hell, darn/damn, etc. It has the advantage of making it rhyme with different words and you don't have to censor it for radio play; Oh it's 6 o'clock and it's time to rock and me head is beating like a drum In the cold day light, I feel like shite and I can't remember last night's fun.

sharpie Jun 09 2008 06:48 AM

Not that Black 47 gets any radio play (although they should).

seawolf17 Jun 09 2008 07:10 AM

sharpie wrote: Not that Black 47 gets any radio play (although they should). Agreed. Love these guys. Shite is pronounced just the way it's written -- rhymes with Wright -- as far as I know, at least used as a variant for shit.

Farmer Ted Jun 09 2008 08:09 AM

That's good Craic!