ANST - Basketball and NPR

[Paul Mitchell]

Baronman wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-04-02 07:34:15 EST, you write:
> 
> >
> >Nathan W. Jones wrote:
> >
> >> hello friends,
> >>
> >> odd thing I heard on NPR today, although it could have been a delusion.
> >>
> >> The Boston Celtics are changing the pronounciation of their name from
> >> the soft "c" to the more correct hard "c".
> >>
> >> Comments?
> >>
> >wonder if Rick Pitino had his hand in this.... sounds interesting.
> >
> >meadhbh
> 
> NAH- Baron Aodan has been bitching about how the Bostonians don't know the
> correct pronunciation of Celtic for the last twelve years- guess some one
> finally read one of his missives to the head office of the Boston Celtics (
> pronounced witk a K ).
> 
> Baron Bors
> Baron Loch Sollier

I'm reminded of an old _Tournaments Illuminated_ cover by Baron
Gregory von Lucida that depicted a a fellow in 17th-century english
court garb, with a fellow in 7th-century british garb, leaving a 
gymnasium, walking past a sign reading "Tonight!  Cavaliers VS.
Celtics!"  The caption:  "How was I to know it was just a bleeding
basketball game?!"

- Galen of Bristol
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