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Ooh, goody! Pronunciation, please! Celt: Selt or Kelt? And, indeed, Celyn, which I'd guess would be Kelun, but I can't generalise from that to Celt.
It's fascinating to see how grandparents with mainstream Anglo names (John and Margaret! Colin and Maureen!) are acquiring very Welsh-sounding grandbabies. Fascinating and also encouraging.
It's fascinating to see how grandparents with mainstream Anglo names (John and Margaret! Colin and Maureen!) are acquiring very Welsh-sounding grandbabies. Fascinating and also encouraging.
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It's Kelt, and C is always pronounced like a K - except in the case of the Scottish football team Celtic FC, which is pronounced Seltic. No idea why! And Celyn is KEL in - y in the last syllable sounds like a short i.
We did have Ks until the 16th century, when there weren't enough of them to print the New Testament in Welsh, so Cs were used instead and became standard. So they say. :)
We did have Ks until the 16th century, when there weren't enough of them to print the New Testament in Welsh, so Cs were used instead and became standard. So they say. :)
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There's a professional basketball team here called the Celtics and they also pronounce it Seltic. Strange!
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We've got a soccer (= football) team here, quaintly called Bloemfontein Celtic, who also go the Seltic route. I suppose they all pay tribute to Glasgow ... who wear green, so perhaps it's all different in Ireland!
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