pet peeve: when newspapers (and I use that term loosely since what i really mean is gossip rags and “the metro”) “quote” american celebs using terminology that would never in a million years come out of their mouths. like christina aguillera using the word “row” instead of argument. or paris hilton saying “disco dolly”. whenever i see very decidedly british words (”bloke” and “mate” are two more biggies) purportedly being attributed to an american, it’s an immediate tipoff that someone has (shock, horror!) made that quote up. and it irks the hell out of me. not that they would fabricate quotes, mind you, but that they can’t even be bovvered to make it sound quasi-realistic.

c’mon people. a little linguistic credibility so I can suspend disbelief for just a few minutes – is that really too much to ask?!?

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