This is Kirsty Wark.
She works for the BBC. Have you noticed the inflation of Kirsties working for the Beeb? It's getting out of hand. Could reflect the inflation of Scots as a whole in the corporation.
Kirsty is derived from Kirsten, the Scandinavian version of Christine. I wonder if I changed my name to Kirsty, could I get a job with 'Auntie'. I would like to present Newsnight Review.
Mind you, I think 'Kirsty' is a tad twee. Sort of working class Scots will middle class allusions or maybe that should be warking class. Stupid to make puns on people's names - I know. Kirsten seems more wholesome. When all is said and done, however, I am happy with David.
Is it me, or are all middle class Scots obsessed with - set mouth for very broad vowels here - vaahhwlues. You switch on the radio or TV and it's vaahhwlues this and vaahhwlues that. Kirsty Wark, John Reid (smug asshole Secretary for Defense and illegal war apologist) or the clever Jim Naughtie. Maybe it's the odd way - to my ears - that these people pronounce 'values' but I suspect they are all a bit class, sorry claaahhwse conscious.