Raymond A. Brown wrote:
> >(BTW, did anyone ever think "Celtics" is a stupid name for a sports
> >team? It should be "Celts" if anything :D )
>
> Celtic [sEltIK] without the final -s - the word is an adjective. The
> Protestant Glaswegian team has a plural noun: Rangers - the Catholic team
> is Glasgow Celtic.
>
> When we talk of the Celts then the 'c' is always hard: Celts [kElts],
> Celtic [kEltic].
I believe he is referring to the Boston basketball team, whose name is
indeed the "Celtics" [sEltIks].