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Anyone know how it came to be pronounced as 'Seltic' in the U.S.?
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Strange, ain't it. The Glasgow football team that is associated with sectarian violence vis-a-vis Rangers is also pronounced in the same fashion.
But I have no idea why, I have to admit.
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It's from the tendency for C to be pronounced s before e or i. With the rise in popularity of celtic music (pronounced keltic) it's normally only heard in the name of the Boston basketball team.
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In our (united statsians) own defense, only sports fans pronounce it seltic, and then only when refering to sports teams. (is it basket ball? i don't follow sports much) There was a movie out some time ago called "celtic pride". I was quite confused when, after having seen the name printed, I heard someone refer to 'seltic pride.'
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I always found it amusing that in Boston, where so much of the population is from Celtic roots, nearly everyone mispronounces the word due to the name of the basketball team. Not sure how the team's name came to be pronounced that way, but I'd have to go with Faldage's theory, and figure that the average Boston hoops fan (among which I counted myself, for some time) just didn't know any better.
I once played on a soccer team in Boston known as the Celtics, and we had frequent debates about how to pronounce the name of the team.
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) it's normally only heard in the name of the Boston basketball team.Or, as has been mentioned, in the name of one half of the sporting/sectarian feud in Glasgow, Jimmy. Where I live, one hears of Glasgow Seltic much more often than one hears of the Boston Seltics. 
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by's original question: pronounced as 'Seltic' in the U.S.?
MaxQ notes: Where I live, one hears of Glasgow Seltic much more often than one hears of the Boston Seltics.
US'ns mostly never hearn of no Glasgow Seltic. Maybe in Glasgow, KY. You ever get down there, Jackie?
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I was under the impression that the 's' pronunciation was standard in the U.S., though now that it's been mentioned I remember the Glasgow Celtics. I read that the 'sel'tik' pronunciation comes from the French once. I know Celtic can also be spelt Keltic; this might save some trouble. Really odd how the 's' stuck with the sports team, isn't it!
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kriegführendjugend states: I was under the impression that the 's' pronunciation was standard in the U.S.
It was standard not so many years ago*. The popularity of Keltic music put paid to that.
*One of the three signs of old age is thinking it wasn't that many years ago.
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One of the three signs of old age is thinking it wasn't that many years ago.Guess that makes us forever young!  wow
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