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    14 25.93%
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Thread: Do you pronounce Celt "Selt" or "Kelt"

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    Default Do you pronounce Celt "Selt" or "Kelt"

    I pronounce it "Selt"

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    It's K not S

    Romans pronounced Caesar something like Kaisar

    C/S are later adoptions, much later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bosniensis View Post
    It's K not S

    Romans pronounced Caesar something like Kaisar

    C/S are later adoptions, much later.
    Yes, they are later adoptions, but they are how English handles Latin loanwords, thus I say "Selt".

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    I pronounce it as Selt unless I'm referring to Celtic Frost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Demon Revival View Post
    I pronounce it as Selt unless I'm referring to Celtic Frost.

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    (Ki)elt. The third variant - with soft "k".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ЛыSSый View Post
    (Ki)elt. The third variant - with soft "k".
    ЛыSSый how do you pronounce your name?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobby Martnen View Post
    ЛыSSый how do you pronounce your name?
    https://translate.google.tn/#ru/en/%...SS%D1%8B%D0%B9

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    We don't have those ы, й symbols in our cyrillic but I admit they look cool

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    It's Keltic.

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