Heltic Skeltic (was: Country Related: Christmas)

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.
Perhaps he was referring to the US basketball team, the Boston Celtics,
in which case, isn't "Celts" /sElts/ (or worse, "Celties" /sEltiz/) used
sometimes as a nickname by sportscasters trying to be hip? I'm quite
sure I wouldn't know -- we've already taxed my knowledge of sports as it
is.

Kou