The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XIX

[caketastydelish]

edit: never mind.

 

[Mango Elephant]

Lazily, and with apparently limited awareness of their surroundings?

With nonchalance because the reeds couldn't do a thing about it.

 

[_random_]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Firm

So I think if I ever decide to get into UK soccer, I'll go arbitrarily go for Celtic. I already enjoy hating on Protestants and Conservatives.

 

[Dachs]

So I think if I ever decide to get into UK soccer, I'll go arbitrarily go for Celtic. I already enjoy hating on Protestants and Conservatives.

I'm obliged to loathe people who self-identify as "Celtic fans" because of these dicks. Nice knowing you.

 

[Traitorfish]

They have a cartoon leprechaun as their logo? Really? I mean, Celtic F.C.'s big shamrock was bad at enough, but at least they but a little effort into the design...

 

[bhsup]

I think my pick of Arsenal was quite a good pick then, given my love for the Mother Country. Arsenal being right in London, and all.

 

[_random_]

I'm obliged to loathe people who self-identify as "Celtic fans" because of these dicks. Nice knowing you.

Celtic FC is pronounced with a hard "c" isn't it? So I should be safe talking about it aloud. And it's not like I'd find you in many soccer threads anyway. But given that I've only been into real football for a few years, I'll probably pick up other sports pretty slowly, and soccer isn't a high priority. I'll probably only catch it if it's TVs in a Mexican restaurant or if friends have a spare Crew ticket.

They have a cartoon leprechaun as their logo? Really? I mean, Celtic F.C.'s big shamrock was bad at enough, but at least they but a little effort into the design...

His name is Lucky!

 

[salty mud]

No, it's pronounced 'sell-tic', with a soft 'c'.

 

[Borachio]

"Super Cally go ballistic - Celtic are atrocious." Gor' blimey, Mary Poppins.

Caledonian Wanderers 3 Celtic 0

 

[madviking]

Both of the Boston Celtics and Celtic F.C. are pronounced with a soft c.

 

[cardgame]

False. It's Keltic.

 

[NickyJ]

I've heard it pronounced by everyone as Seltic.

 

[sophie]

False. It's Keltic.

While I don't know anything about soccer because, let's be honest, who cares about soccer unless USA #1, the boston professional basketball team has always been pronounced with a soft c for no apparent reason. That's just how they do.

 

[cardgame]

Well then. That explains a lot.

 

[madviking]

While I don't know anything about soccer because, let's be honest, who cares about soccer unless USA #1, the boston professional basketball team has always been pronounced with a soft c for no apparent reason. That's just how they do.

It's starting to rub off on me.

 

[Traitorfish]

While I don't know anything about soccer because, let's be honest, who cares about soccer unless USA #1, the boston professional basketball team has always been pronounced with a soft c for no apparent reason.

That was just how they used to pronounce "Celtic". (I'm not sure why, given that the Latin "Celtae" and the Greek "Keltoi" have a hard c, but, well, there you go.) The old-fashioned pronunciation just stuck to the teams even when they started pronouncing it differently in everything else.

 

[sophie]

That was just how they used to pronounce "Celtic". (I'm not sure why, given that the Latin "Celtae" and the Greek "Keltoi" have a hard c, but, well, there you go.) The old-fashioned pronunciation just stuck to the teams even when they started pronouncing it differently in everything else.

Exactly. No apparent reason.

 

[Grisu]

I think my pick of Arsenal was quite a good pick then, given my love for the Mother Country. Arsenal being right in London, and all.

The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in

 

[Traitorfish]

Exactly. No apparent reason.

Heh, fair enough, I just meant that it wasn't a silliness particular to sports fans.

The thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in

 

[Quackers]

So the German constituitional court has ruled that armed forces can be used on home soil for the first time ever under certain conditions.

4th Reich coming?