"It goes in quickly; we give up the PK... penalty..."
Maybe the punchy, New Jersey delivery made it stand out even more. Certainly, if one were to really analyse Bob Bradley's immediate self-editing during his interview after Swansea's 3-0 defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday, the little nod of acknowledgement he gave when quickly switching his footballing language from American English betrayed a slight weariness about having to check himself.
"Pee-kay." Only two syllables they may be, but enough to later open a whole can of social-media worms that tapped into a latent British distaste for any hint of the transatlantic.