Are there any English words that are pronounced with a hard "keh" sound as their first syllable, and begin with the two letters 'ci' in their spelling?
I ask purely out of curiosity, since I was unable to find any examples.
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Chiral is as close as i can think of.– whybirdJun 22, 2015 at 7:02
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The closest I can think of is the name Ciaran as an Anglicisation of the name Ciarán but it's a proper noun, and it's more common to either leave it in the original Ciarán or to Anglicise further to Kiaran.– Jon HannaJun 22, 2015 at 10:45
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Some people used to say kinema, back in the early days of film. But they spelled it with a -k-.– TimRJun 22, 2015 at 12:15
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Famous actor Cillian Murphy starts with k– Master ChiefSep 13 at 12:46
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None that the OED records through its paper supplements.
