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It’s KEIR NOT KIER!!

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:00

……across all the boards. So annoying. It’s only 4 letters, why is it so hard? And breathe….

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Misthios · 30/04/2024 18:32

I do get the argument that English people struggle with unfamiliar Scottish names. Burt come on. Keith isn't unusual and Keir is practically Keith, with a different ending.

Misthios · 30/04/2024 18:30

Why do people do this? Is it because they get confused with "i before e except after c" thing? Even though they will be more than familiar with the given name Keith and never would think to spell it Kieth.

As far as I am aware the leader of the opposition, and a common Scottish family name, is Keir. Kier spelled the other way is a building company.

Kalevala · 30/04/2024 18:30

Oh dear. Is the gender issue the only fucking pressing concern in this country ?

Well he could make it so much easier by just speaking truth and sense. Then there would be far fewer undecided women voters.

ErrolTheDragon · 30/04/2024 18:28

Kalevala · 30/04/2024 18:09

I before e, except after c?

The rule I taught my dd was 'I before E ... except when it isn't'

Alfreddoeblin · 30/04/2024 18:27

Oh dear. Is the gender issue the only fucking pressing concern in this country ?
Personally don’t give a damn how his name is spelled. Do care about the state of public services etc or is that of no importance. And do we really believe spineless little Rishi cares either ?

ClipClopperDontStopper · 30/04/2024 18:26

To add a differing pov I'm quite cheered at the prospect of Mr K Starmer becoming PM.

As you were.

Rookangaroo4 · 30/04/2024 18:24

ViscountessMelbourne · 30/04/2024 18:19

Is this genuinely the first time that it's occurred to you that he's going to be prime minister this time next year?

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No I’m just burying my head in the sand that that might happen

NeverHeardOfSuchTosh · 30/04/2024 18:22

MississippiAF · 30/04/2024 18:02

Who cares?

I’m tempted to deliberately spell it wrong until he confirms women can’t have a penis, men can’t have a cervix, and he apologises to Rosie D.

Correct

StopStartStop · 30/04/2024 18:22

It's cervix, and you find it in biological women who don't have penises.
Keir.
He showed such promise as a young man. He's a creep now. Or seems to be, I've never met him.

ClipClopperDontStopper · 30/04/2024 18:22

My friend has one and I always need to check before writing his name on a card or in a message. It just will not stick in my noggin.

ViscountessMelbourne · 30/04/2024 18:19

Rookangaroo4 · 30/04/2024 18:05

Oh god don’t say that 🫤. What a dismal thought!

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Is this genuinely the first time that it's occurred to you that he's going to be prime minister this time next year?

Kalevala · 30/04/2024 18:14

EmmaGrundyForPM · 30/04/2024 18:12

Weird
Neighbour
Rein
Foreign
Weigh
Height
to name but a few exceptions

I was taught "I before E except after C and only when the sound says "ee".
And even then it doesn't always work

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Yes, always exceptions. Not unusual for people to spell tricky words wrong, particularly if they are uncommon.

OhmygodDont · 30/04/2024 18:14

redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:12

Yes I find him so weaselly and lawyerly. Slippery. Not a fan. It’s still Keir though.

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Tbh his just not on my radar enough to even read his name to remember how to write it.

His basically irrelevant to me so if I was to write his name it would be a sound it out or maybe auto correct.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 30/04/2024 18:12

Kalevala · 30/04/2024 18:09

I before e, except after c?

Weird
Neighbour
Rein
Foreign
Weigh
Height
to name but a few exceptions

I was taught "I before E except after C and only when the sound says "ee".
And even then it doesn't always work

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:12

OhmygodDont · 30/04/2024 18:10

I hope he isn’t pm. I still wouldn’t care how people spell it though. Still a man who won’t say women don’t have a penis.

tell me women don’t have a penis and I might give enough fucks to spell his name right till then his just another idiot

Yes I find him so weaselly and lawyerly. Slippery. Not a fan. It’s still Keir though.

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:10

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 30/04/2024 18:09

A lot of English folk struggle to spell Scottish names that they are unfamiliar with.

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I get that, but it is only 4 letters! And he’s likely to be our new PM…

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OhmygodDont · 30/04/2024 18:10

I hope he isn’t pm. I still wouldn’t care how people spell it though. Still a man who won’t say women don’t have a penis.

tell me women don’t have a penis and I might give enough fucks to spell his name right till then his just another idiot

Kalevala · 30/04/2024 18:09

I before e, except after c?

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 30/04/2024 18:09

redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:06

Maybe it’s because I’m Scottish it’s more annoying and it’s a fairly usual spelling here - Keir, Keith etc…so it grates more on me maybe 🤔

A lot of English folk struggle to spell Scottish names that they are unfamiliar with.

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:06

Maybe it’s because I’m Scottish it’s more annoying and it’s a fairly usual spelling here - Keir, Keith etc…so it grates more on me maybe 🤔

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SocksAndTheCity · 30/04/2024 18:06

I agree OP, if only because it makes anybody trying to make a genuine political point look really fucking thick if they can't even get the person they're supposedly all worked up abouts' name right.

Rookangaroo4 · 30/04/2024 18:05

redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:03

Well me obviously. 🙄 and given he’s likely to be the new PM it would be good to get his name right.

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Oh god don’t say that 🫤. What a dismal thought!

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:05

Wow I find it strange that no one so far cares about misspelling his name! Interesting.

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OhmygodDont · 30/04/2024 18:04

Nobody cares

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redfacebigdisgrace · 30/04/2024 18:04

MississippiAF · 30/04/2024 18:02

Who cares?

I’m tempted to deliberately spell it wrong until he confirms women can’t have a penis, men can’t have a cervix, and he apologises to Rosie D.

Well that’s true 🤣. I’m not a fan either

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