There may be an obvious answer to this that I haven't spotted. But here goes anyway...
I'm baffled that Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann sometimes seems to get referred to in writing as Ceoltas.The same distinction can be heard i.e. between something like 'coal-tas' and 'kyol-tas'. What's going on? Mr Google doesn't seem to want to help.
I have been guilty of pernouncing it wrong in the past. The correct pronounciation (and I have been corrected by senior kyol-ty heads in the past) is:
Pr: Coal-tas_Kyol-tory_Eireann
I always assumed 'Ceoltas' was coined as a wordplay, incorporating the words 'ceol' and 'comhaltas', thus killing two birds with one stone - after all, 'comhaltas' just means 'society' or something to that effect, doesn't it? No doubt many who use the name now are blissfully unaware of this, and think it is the proper way to pronounce 'comhaltas'.
Comhaltas/Ceoltas
Comhaltas/Ceoltas
There may be an obvious answer to this that I haven't spotted. But here goes anyway...
I'm baffled that Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann sometimes seems to get referred to in writing as Ceoltas.The same distinction can be heard i.e. between something like 'coal-tas' and 'kyol-tas'. What's going on? Mr Google doesn't seem to want to help.
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by Lissagriffin
Re: Comhaltas/Ceoltas
I have been guilty of pernouncing it wrong in the past. The correct pronounciation (and I have been corrected by senior kyol-ty heads in the past) is:
Pr: Coal-tas_Kyol-tory_Eireann
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by iwerzon
Re: Comhaltas/Ceoltas
In as much as this is about pronunciation, as always, don't read, listen!
Pronunciation sound files here
http://comhaltas.ie/glossary#comhaltas
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by TomB-R
Re: Comhaltas/Ceoltas
It's one of those unfortunate mispronunciations where two similar words are adjacent, like "Hari Kari" and "Klu Klux Klan"
Not sure why those two particular examples sprang to mind
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Comhaltas/Ceoltas
I always assumed 'Ceoltas' was coined as a wordplay, incorporating the words 'ceol' and 'comhaltas', thus killing two birds with one stone - after all, 'comhaltas' just means 'society' or something to that effect, doesn't it? No doubt many who use the name now are blissfully unaware of this, and think it is the proper way to pronounce 'comhaltas'.
# Posted on June 5th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Comhaltas/Ceoltas
We have a fine lake in the area named Cultus (pronounced the same way). Makes it easy to remember.
# Posted on June 6th 2008 by oldstrings