Question for British list members/PS for Goddlefrood

[sistermagpie]

 > Magpie:
> > Are you just making a joke with the word "pressure" or referring to 
> > some conflict between how they'd want to refer to it and how they 
feel 
> > they should? Do you just mean that because Americans say 9/11 or 
> > September 11 and we talk about it more than anyone else and use 
that 
> > shorthand so frequently they picked it up?
> 
> Geoff:
> Not in the least. Many UK readers feel that our press - particularly 
the 
> older tabloids (i.e. not the traditional broadsheets which now also 
have 
> tabloid editions) - tend to pick up Americanisms and fall into the 
habit 
> of using them without putting things in UK English.

Magpie:
So they're not being pressured, they just fell into the habit after 
hearing it referred to that way a lot?

-m