The world of English soccer is a weird and wonderful one, especially at this time of year when the games come thick and fast.

Yet there is also a ludicrously parochial side to the English Premier League, one that has unfairly and somewhat embarrassingly caught Swansea City head coach Bob Bradley in its crosshairs.

Bradley, the former United States national team boss, has come under fire for failing to revive Swansea’s fortunes since taking over in October. The club sits 19th in the 20-team EPL standings and has managed two wins in its past 10 games, prompting calls for Bradley to be fired.

So far, so normal in the cutthroat environment of the world’s toughest league.

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What goes far beyond the realms of sensible behavior though, is the reaction to Bradley’s comments in his post-game interview following Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Middlesbrough, where the 58-year-old committed what is apparently a cardinal sin in the English game.

For a brief second, before subsequently correcting himself, Bradley referred to a penalty kick as a “PK,” and called the visit to Middlesbrough a “road game” instead of an “away trip.”

Cue outrage from Britain’s soccer social media dwellers, who apparently have too much time on their hands and should get back to their television sets, currently toting endless reruns of Love Actually and blanket coverage of the ever-popular world darts championship.

According to some, Bradley’s verbiage shows why he is ill-suited to the EPL, is proof that he has failed to adapt and that Swansea’s American owners erred in hiring one of their compatriots.

It is a farce, and one that, in the same year that the United Kingdom decided it didn’t want to be part of a European political collective anymore, reflects poorly on the country.

For a start, let’s state the blindingly obvious by suggesting that sporting lingo has nothing to do with coaching ability. Further, Bradley has also clearly gone out of his way to avoid Americanisms, presumably aware that being from the U.S. could be held against him by British soccer snobs.

The Wall Street Journal found that Bradley has actually used more British-type terms than American ones in his press appearances, apart of regularly saying “zero” instead of “nil” and “game” instead of “match.” Oh no, shame on him.

Then comes the greatest irony of all. Bradley has not once used the term soccer, which apparently constitutes the ultimate evidence that someone is a newbie. Brits continue to make fun of Americans over the term and most have come to believe it was invented over here.

It wasn’t. In fact, dating back to the 19th century, “soccer” was in common usage in England, having been spliced from the sport’s full name — asSOCiation football. At the midpoint of the last century there was a widely read magazine, Soccer Star, that lasted for decades. Shopping areas are still populated with outlets of Soccer Scene, a well-known athletic goods store.

Most fans prefer to forget that and Bradley continues to get the short end of the things. A popular television show titled "Soccer AM," doesn’t help much either, with a weekly skit about a loud-mouthed and clueless American coach — named Brad Bobley — complete with an awful fake accent and plenty of American terminology.

While that at least is based in humor, the suggestion that Bradley’s lexicon is in any way related to his ability to lead Swansea out of relegation danger is merely ignorant. And it does nothing to help Bradley’s cause, one that, with the most pivotal point of the season approaching, is in definite need of an urgent lift.