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Is it dah-ta or day-ta? Know what it is in my house. What's it in yours? I've noticed this over my life. Posted June 7, Archived This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Go to topic listing. CanPL's problem: It's about the money, stupid. The CanPL Review. League 1 Approaching Critical Moment. Ottawa Fury's Legacy. So, in short, "we moved from 'kuh' through 'chuh' to 'suh' to get Celtic [with a soft 'C']," said Harbeck.
So there you go. That is why [it is pronounced] the Celtics [with a soft 'C'] but Celtic music [with a hard 'C']. Email us at CuriosityDesk wgbh. Who knows, we might just look into it for you. Edgar B. His work can be heard regularly on Edgar holds degrees in history and communications from Villanova University in Philadelphia and once lost big on an episode of the TV game show "Jeopardy! Listen edgar-me. By Edgar B. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding.
You can unsubscribe at any time. More info. But the Celts, as in the original race of people in Britain, is pronounced with a hard C as in the word call. So why are they not called Celtic using the hard C? James Hanson by email. Later, especially in academic uses, historians went back to the original Latin Celtae for the people of Gaul which they pronounced with a hard C.
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