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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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t'maters! Now, somebody please explain to me, why is the Boston Celtics pronounced with the soft "c"--- the "ess" sound? And we all know...(don't we guys? just nod yes) that Celtic, is properly pronounced with a hard C (hmmmm...a hard C..somehow just typing that distracted me...  ) where was I? oh yes...as in, say 'k'-eltic....Hmmm...(serenity exits, pondering life's perplexities...  ) |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Bah.. Don't you have anything better to do?  Some poetry to write? **jenn swats*  How grave is my condition, for I cannot find the words to say, I need you so. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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Jenn? I DID write a poem about this...sigh... I spared ya! |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
While I no longer follow the NBA, I was a Lakers fan for a very long time, back in the "Magic" days of basketball. You don't even want to KNOW how I always pronounced their rival's name.  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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IT'S RONNIE BABY!!!! See? Just like God, he shows up in unexpected places... grinning (say yes...say yes...say yes...) |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Actually, Serenity, this goes back to the early days of basketball in Boston. They had received permission to have a professional team but the players they were given or allocated were the dregs of the league. The basketball skills were atrocious and they seldom won a game. The crowds, enthusiastic at first, began to dwindle and few seats were filled for the home games. The owner was losing a fortune and tried all forms of advertising and ways to get fans back. He decided to enlist the help of the players since their salaries depended upon fans paying to watch them. In their third year, he made it mandatory for each team player to sell at least 100 tickets for each home game, through personal appearances, charisma, or by whatever means necessary. He had meetings. He tried to brainwash them. Every time he walked into the locker room after a practice he screamed out two words over and over..SELL TICKETS! SELL TICKETS! SELL TICKETS! It soon became a mantra for the team. He would scream and they would repeat...SELL TICKETS! They were obsessed, walking around all day mumbling those words to themselves and anyone within earshot. Over time the the phrase was shortened to SELL TICKS and it became so popular that the team name was changed. So you see, Serenity, they are not talking about those giants on that island...they are repeating the phrase that helped them to survive those rough early days! (and they couldn't spell worth a darn!) Take it as gospel....from the Balladeer |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Yo - Deer...  You wanna be invited back to the Boston area??... HHmmmm???... You wanna look Larry Byrd square in the eye and tell this story??... Ya think??? Truth is... Our language gives the "e" after "c" combo a soft "c"... Ergo we all screw it up... It's those guys who made the Americanized rules of grammar who did it... Come to think of it - They probably come from 'Bah-stun' toooo... Likely those antiquated 'Hah-vahd' types...  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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OH...man...now I'm not sure WHO to believe! ROFLMAO...tho...great story, Mike. And thank you Nan for making SENSE...hugs to all with giggles...until my next head scratcher, that is! |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
Because everyone near the Harbor has been polluted by a combination of brown water, the closing of Boston Garden and the traffic nightmare that is the Big Dig. Simple enough. Mike, master of revisionist history She said burn ... together. |
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Alicia Member
since 2002-03-22
Posts 279 |
~Ahhaha, bsquirrel!!! The watah's not that bad anymoowah, honest. And 'the gahden', oh,...the gahden, rahmembah when,...and don't get me stahted on the big dig, gr. LOL, you're funny. (funny?!? - funny how?!?) (I've no idea why celtics is pronounced so). *Peace. [This message has been edited by Alicia (05-17-2002 03:33 PM).] |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Then thay-ah's CHEE-AHS... Um.. I mean.. CHEERS... [This message has been edited by Nan (05-17-2002 09:37 PM).] |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
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Alicia -- Be glad I didn't get started on Logan airport! Signed, Some guy from New Hampshire livin' in California where the weather's nicer (that's why I usually just sign off as Mike) She said burn ... together. |
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