#yeah ik the US and UK aren’t enemies but like that’s only politically

[official-chekov-enjoyer]

I’m not a very patriotic person but nothing makes me feel like a traitor to my country more than writing “cross-legged” instead of “criss-cross” in a fanfiction. I always start writing criss-cross and choose to change it because I *know* it is easier to understand and visualize “cross-legged” as what’s intended for it to mean (even if they don’t say cross-legged) than “criss-cross” for people who didn’t grow up hearing teachers telling them to sit “Criss-cross applesauce” because cross-legged is just more descriptive but it actually hurts me. I feel legitimate pain writing “cross-legged” and I hope everyone reading my fanfiction appreciates that I understand my localized slang isn’t universally understood. I write like a filthy Brit for you all.