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In English Celt is generally pronounced kelt nowadays. Celtic is always pronounced seltik when referring to sports teams (e.g. Celtic Football Club), but kelt
by DonaldFisk 2y ago
In English Celt is generally pronounced kelt nowadays. Celtic is always pronounced seltik when referring to sports teams (e.g. Celtic Football Club), but keltik otherwise, e.g. Celtic languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts
- caper2025 2y agoResident of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (trans. New Scotland) here. In somewhat of an acknowledgment of this issue, we've used "Keltic". See for e.g. Keltic Lodge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keltic_Lodge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keltic_Lodge
- jimnotgym 2y agoHow the Anglo Saxon English pronounce it is not really the point. In Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the Celtic fringe, we call ourselves Kelts... the football club is a fun anomaly! That is definitely Seltic
- timeon 2y ago> Celtic Football Club Interesting, there are to "C"s here but they aren't same letter...