"Celtic"

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I think sometimes the use of the word "Celtic" makes people try to find connections where there aren't really any, or I guess it's more like they only focus on the connections between "Celtic" cultures and ignore how those things actually link in with other European cultures, and also cultures in Asia and Africa. Because people hear the word "Celtic" in "Celtic studies" or "Celtic nations" and I think it can sort of subconsciously force people to think of some things as being uniquely Celtic, when there isn't really anything unique to Celtic nations except a Celtic language. but the fact that we call our nations "Celtic nations" and our field "Celtic studies" makes people assume certain things and only focus on how we're linked to each other, instead of to other cultures around us.

Maybe the word "Celtic" just has connotations that annoy me, especially when it's used by people outside of Celtic studies academia, but what else are we supposed to call our languages/ourselves.