minstrel: RE: "Celtic" music

[Patricia Yarrow]

Actually, to further clarify, the term comes from the Greek, "Keltoi."  The
Greek kappa was pronounced as is our k.

Vivien

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Subject: Re: minstrel: RE: "Celtic" music


I am going to have to happily disagree with you. After several years of
studying classical Latin, and a vast interest in Celto-Romanic Britain, the
pronunciation "Sell-tic" wouldn't have been used by the Romans. <snip>
Blessings

Aibhilin inghean ui'Mhanchain