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Old 22-11-2006, 13:28   #7
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Re: Celtic V Man UTD

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Originally Posted by Gayle View Post
Can I ask a dumb (girlie) question please? When people talk about the football team Celtic they use a soft 'C', yet when we talk about the Celtic race we use a hard 'C'. Any of you know why?
I suspect that it is because the Scots/Welsh/Irish are all Celts that the Glasgow pronunciation is soft in order to differentiate between what was the Irish Catholic team and all the rest. That's just a theory.
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