Congratulations Celtic!

[Cliphead]

A big well done to Celtic, but with the away form they have shown in the champions league I doubt they will go far.
I thinks is something like 1 point from a possible 45

Yeah, I suspect you're right. Still a pretty good home record although that was barely enough to make it to the last sixteen and the first Scottish team to make the last sixteen twice, not bad.

[Cliphead]

Why is the football club pronounced Seltic but any other spelling of the same word pronounces it keltic?

Just wondered.

The "c" at the start of "celtic" can be pronounced soft, like an "s", or hard, like a "k". The most common convention is to always pronounce it with a hard "c" ("keltic") except when using it as a proper noun (e.g. Celtic Football Club, Boston Celtics, The Anglo-Celt newspaper).

HTH

[SandyDown]

Guys guys guys .. didn't you see how I subtly moved the topic away from football, why did you spoil it and went back to the main topic

[TheFaQQer]

Why is the football club pronounced Seltic but any other spelling of the same word pronounces it keltic?

Just wondered.

[FiveTimes]

A big well done to Celtic, but with the away form they have shown in the champions league I doubt they will go far.
I thinks is something like 1 point from a possible 45

[RandyW]

Heh am working on a merger project at the moment between two giant companies … it would have been interesting to work as a BA during the Scottish/English merger don’t you think ?

I don't think that would have been much fun. Extra slippery teflon coat required!

[SandyDown]

No big deal, centuries of Scottish history then we had the merger with England and that was er, that.

Heh am working on a merger project at the moment between two giant companies … it would have been interesting to work as a BA during the Scottish/English merger don’t you think ?

[Cliphead]

No big deal, centuries of Scottish history then we had the merger with England and that was er, that.

[SandyDown]

In 1888, Brother Walfrid, an Irish Priest and leader of a teaching institute called the Marist Order in Glasgow, saw the establishment of a football club as the means to raise money for his charity, The Poor Children's Dinner Table, which was founded to help poor Irish immigrants in Glasgow’s East End. It was also an opportunity to give Glasgow’s Irish population something that they could call their own. Brother Walfrid chose the name Celtic as an identifiable characteristic of both the Irish and Scottish roots of the club.

Going further back in history, Irish tribes moved across to Scotland and establihed the kingdom of Dalriada and...

Facinating, if only I had more hours in the day to read more... I usually have enough hours in the day to go to work, come home cook for the family, eat dinner, then spend sometime on this forum... even when I commuted I had books with me to ready, but alwasy ended up falling asleep on the bus/train to catch up on lost sleep...

[Cliphead]

huh? really ? I thought some of the Irish had Scottish roots ( e.g. when the McDonalds got slaughtered and some escaped to Ireland - or did I get this wrong?), but didn't realise some of the Scott had Irish roots... interesting

In 1888, Brother Walfrid, an Irish Priest and leader of a teaching institute called the Marist Order in Glasgow, saw the establishment of a football club as the means to raise money for his charity, The Poor Children's Dinner Table, which was founded to help poor Irish immigrants in Glasgow’s East End. It was also an opportunity to give Glasgow’s Irish population something that they could call their own. Brother Walfrid chose the name Celtic as an identifiable characteristic of both the Irish and Scottish roots of the club.

Going further back in history, Irish tribes moved across to Scotland and establihed the kingdom of Dalriada and...

[SandyDown]

A Glasgow (Scotland), based team but with Irish roots.

huh? really ? I thought some of the Irish had Scottish roots ( e.g. when the McDonalds got slaughtered and some escaped to Ireland - or did I get this wrong?), but didn't realise some of the Scott had Irish roots... interesting

[Cliphead]

is Celtic Scottish, Irish or Welsh?

<disclaimer> am a foreigner </disclaimer>

A Glasgow (Scotland), based team but with Irish roots.

[SandyDown]

is Celtic Scottish, Irish or Welsh?

<disclaimer> am a foreigner </disclaimer>

[Cliphead]

We lost on the night but got through to the knockout stages anyway.

Cue Churchill:

<arse>'We', I didn't see you on the park</arse>

Hail Hail!