It's OK, Pittsburghers. Sienna Miller doesn't hate your city. She's just funny. At least to herself. Reports the New York Daily News:
Sienna Miller has learned the hard way to choose her words wisely.While on location filming "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," the Brit seemingly dissed the Steel City, calling it "Shitsburgh" to a reporter.
"It was a stupid joke because it rhymes. In the hands of a responsible journalist, humor and sarcasm will be translated appropriately," Miller told us with a smirk at the film's Cinema Society/Links of London screening. "It was not meant as disrespectful in any way. In England, we have great rhyming slang, and everyone spends their day rhyming. But for all the trouble that comment caused, there were many people who were supportive."
We've never been to England, but we're surprised we've never heard of this rhyming trend before. Is it a big secret they keep from us heathenous Americans? Is Sienna Miller going around London saying "I'm going to the pub for some grub, then I'm going to meet Keira for a beera."
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You've never heard of cockney rhyming slang? I seriously doubt that's what she was doing, but it's pretty well known.
Think replacing a word with it's first letter followed by "izzle", except they replace words with words or expressions that rhyme with them.
Rent "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". It has a primer as a DVD extra.
Ah, yeah. We know about rhyming slang you, like totally ignorant American douchebag, ah like, totally. Try getting your head out of your arses and see what's going on in the world. Yeas there's Cockney rhyming slang. There's also a Scottish equivalent and Australian. You American wankers are so fucking insular.