From: R A Brown <[log in to unmask]>

> Did I really write that? Me miserum! 

Can't find miserum in the dictionary. May we assume that it's "vae mihi" in a synonymous guise?

> Eric Christopherson wrote:

>  > Even when not discussing that team, <Celt> and <Celtic> are often
>  > pronounced with /s/, in the US.

> Sorry - should've known the 'Merkans would be different  :)
 
> I should have written: "Yet 'Celt', 'Celtic' etc. are (almost always) 
> invariably pronounced 'kelt', 'keltic' etc. in Britain, at least when 
> referring to language or supposed ethnicity."

Key word in Eric's sentence is "often." Though I've usually heard /k/ when it comes to ethnicity (I've never heard anyone say Sentum/Satem), the sports phenom does seem to have caused some cross-pollination. But, with the rise of Enya-esque music groups chirping away in bonnie brogues, we 'Merkans may very well be heading back to the korrekt Keltick /pAT/ (i.e. I haven't heard of Seltic music).
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Different post (trying to save): Ray/Eugene

Though our northern brethren usually pronounce /&/ as [a]; but they do 
not have /A/ in 'dance', 'path' etc. I suppose a 'Merkan hearing someone 
from the north of England say "tap dancing" with [a] might mistake it as 
/tAp dAnsIN/ - but we southerners would certainly understand it as a 
realization of /t&p d&nsIN/.

> In fact,
> /t&p dAnsiN/ is how Brits say it.

Some - mainly in the south of England   :)

Then thanks to the southern Macnee (if, indeed, he is), 'cause I heard /t&p dAnsIN/.

Kou