What's the more commmon/proper way to pronounce "Celtic"? (SEL-tik or KEL-tik)?
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I believe "seltik" is the name of the basketball team; "keltik" is the name of the people who lived in the British Isles.\n\nAdditional: I was thinking of the Boston Celtics.  Interesting to find out that there's another team out there called the Celtics too!
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In older "native English" (Anglo-Saxon) words "ch" has the "hard" pronunciation you see in "check" or "chief".   In words borrowed from the French it often has the "sh"-sound  -- as in "charlatan" and "CHEF".      If it helps you, picture a FRENCH chef.
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Just pronounce it the way it looks then ask the person if you got it right, they will soon tell you how to say it.
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According to my handy dandy dictionary...\n\nmuh-lef-ik\n\nemphasis on the second syllable
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Slovenian: \ngrandpa: dedek\ngrandma: babica\n\n\ngaelic: \nGRANDMOTHER = SEANMATHAIR (Shann-wa -her or Shann- wahr). \n\nGRANDFATHER = SEANATHAIR (Shann-ah-her , Shann -e'-her or \nShann-ahr - Irish is full of dialect differences). \n\n\nGRANDMA; GRANNY = MAMAI (mammy)' MAIMEO; MAMO (mammo). \n\nGRANDPA; GRANDADDY = DAIDEO (daj-jo) (dadd-yo).
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Twy - pronounce like Try but with a W\n\nand then La - like Lah (rhymes with far)\n\nI think that's quite a pretty name and one i havent heard of before.
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The simplest way is to say "Boldog születésnapot" which literally translates as "Happy birthday". It's pronounced 'bolldog sooletteysh nopot'.\n\nIf you want to try something more fancy, you could say: \n"Isten éltessen sokáig, \nfüled érjen bokáig"\nWhich means: \n"May God grant you long life\nAnd may your ears reach your ankles!"
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I believe it is a British dialect called "cockney".  Me and my husband have this same arguement everytime those commercials come on! This is weird, but go to this website, it's the only one I could find with an example in audio (its a story told in cockney, sounds like the gecko!) You have to listen for a minute or so to get to it.
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It's from the Welsh language word for 'red' - 'Coch'.....
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pronounce it "Lid-Yard"
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Hello,\n\nYou didn't specify what Gaelic ? Okay here's the Scottish one. \n\nDè an t-ainm a tha oirbh?" (Jeh un TAH-num uh HAW-ruv?) What's your name?\n\n"'S mise.....(insert your name)." (SMIH-shuh...) "My name is..."\n\n"Ciamar a tha sibh?" (KIM-mer uh HAH shiv?) "How are you?"\n\n"Tha gu math, tapadh leibh." (HAH guh MAH, TAH-puh LEH-eev) "I'm well, thank you."\n\n"Dè tha thu a dèanamh?" (Jeh HAH oo uh JEE-ah-nuv?) "What are you doing?"\n\n"Chan eil mi a' dèanamh càil." (chahn-yel mee uh JEE-ah-nuv KAHL) "I'm not doing anything."\n\n"Tha mi airson Gàidhlig ionnsachadh." (hah mee EHR-sawn GAH-lik YOON-sa-hugkh) "I want to learn Gaelic."\n\n"A bheil an t-acras ort?" (Uh VEHL uhn TAH-krus orsht?) "Are you hungry?"\n\n"Ceart gu leòr. Tha an t-acras orm." (Kyarsht guh LYAWR. Hahn TAH-krus AW-rum) "You bet. I'm hungry."\n\n"Bu toigh leam bracaist a ghabhail." (Boo tuh LUH-oom BRAH-kawsht uh GAH-ull) "I would like to have breakfast."\n\n"Càit a bheil an taigh beag?" (KAHTCH uh vehl un tye bek?) "Where's the bathroom?"\n\n"An toir thu dhomh pòg?" (Un TUH-r oo ghawnh pawk?) "Will you give me a kiss?"\n\n"Cha toir, ach bheir mi dhut sgailc!" (Chah TUH-r, ach vehr mee ghoot skahlk!) "No, but I'll slap you!"\n\n"Slàinte mhòr agad!" (SLAHN-tchuh VORR AH-kut!) "Great health to you!" ("Cheers!")\n\n"Nach i tha teth an-diugh?" (nahch ee hah TCHEH un-DJOO?) "Isn't it hot today? (It's hot today.)"\n\n"Bha e brèagha an-de." (Vah eh BREE-uh un-DJEH) "It was beautiful yesterday."\n\n"Cò an caora sin còmhla riut a chunnaic mi an-raoir?" (Kaw uhn KEU-ra shin KAW-la root uh CHOO-nik mee uhn-royer?) "Who was that sheep I saw you with last night?"\n\n"Cha b'e sin caora, 'se sin mo chèile a bha innte!" (Chah beh shin KEU-ra, sheh shin moe CHYEH-luh uh vah EEN-tchuh!) "That was no sheep, that was my spouse!"\n\n"Tha gaol agam ort." (Hah GEUL AH-kum orsht) "I love you."\n\n"Tha gaol agam ort-fhèin." (Hah GEUL AH-kum orsht-HEH-een) "I love you too." \n\n"Chan eil fhios agam." (CHAHN-yel iss AH-kum) "I don't know."\n\n"Dè tha thu ag iarraidh?" (jeh HAH oo ug EE-uh-ree) "What do you want?"\n\n"Tha mi ag iarraidh briosgaid!" (hah mi ug-EE-uh-ree BRISS-kahtch) "I want a cookie!"\n\n"'S toigh leam briosgaidean gu mòr!" (STUH LUH-oom BRISS-kaht-chun goo MAWR) "I like cookies -- a lot!"\n\n"A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?" (uh vil GAH-lik AH-kiv) "Do you speak Gaelic?"\n\n"Tha, beagan." (hah, BECK-un) "Yes, a little."\n\n"Dè thuirt thu?" (jeh HOORSHT oo) "What did you say?"\n\n"Can a-rithist sin?" (kahn uh-REE-isht shin) "Say that again?" \n\n"Chan eil mi a' tuigsinn." (chan-yel mi uh-TOOK-shin) "I don't understand."\n\n"Tha mi duilich." (hah mee DOOH-lich) "I'm sorry."\n\n"Gabhaibh mo leisgeul." (GAHV-iv moe LESH-kul) "Excuse me."\n\n"Ceart gu leòr." (kyarsht guh LYAWR) "Right enough" -- "Okay."\n\n"Tha sin glè mhath!" (hah shin gleh VAH) "That's very good!"\n\n"'S math sin!" (SMAH-shin) "Great!" -- "Terrific!" \n\n"Ma 'se ur toil e." (mah sheh oor TUL-leh) "please."\n\n"Tapadh leat." (TAH-puh LAHT -- also -- TAHplett) "Thank you."\n\n"Mòran taing." (MAW-run TAH-eeng) "Many thanks."\n\n"'Se do bheatha."
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I think it can be pronounced both ways. It sounds equally okay when I say it with the "S" and "Z" sound. I usually pronounce it as starS, but like I said, I don't think it really matters :).
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In Irish it's Samhradh (Sow-raa).\nIf you want to say "during the summer" you have to use what is called "an tuisil geineadach" or the genetive case. i.e.\nI rith an tsamhraidh (i ri on tow-rig) - during the summer\nHeat of summer - teas an samhraidh (tyass on sow-rig)\nHope that was helpful.
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céadsearc               is sweetheart\na chuisle mo chroíis my dear darling\na ghrá mo chroí       love of my heart\n\ndon't say Pogue mahone! it's Gaelic for "kiss my arse"
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gawd, yeah! its so irritating whenever i try to say "because" in whatever language i always seem to end up saying "achos" instead which is because in welsh :-/ so ill start writing something in french and then end it in welsh... it makes it even worse though when i have one language one lesson and then another the next lesson... i never seem to try and write things in french though... the language doesnt seem to agree with me somehow...\n\ni also have german lessons and end up having random german words spinning around my head all day... that gets annoying :-/
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The Gaelic word "Samhain" \n'sow-in' (in Ireland), or 'sow-een' (in Wales), or 'sav-en' (in Scotland), but NOT 'sam-hane' (in the U.S., where they don't speak Gaelic) means literally "summer's end."
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Not bad.  I prefer this one:\n\nKnock knock.\nWho's there?\nThe interupting cow.\nThe interupt...\nMOO!\n\nI always follow that one with this one:\nKnock knock.\nWho's there?\nThe confused cow.\nThe confus...\nQUACK!