Ahaha, I wasn't aware you were so beholden to convention. Well, if the word upsets you so much I have others. So long as I'm stating the obvious, I might as well state another: try not to assume the "pretension" of others too much. It's an amalgamation of places and, potentially, times. You'll hear all kinds of speech, though, thankfully, most of it English.

[Though Ted is from a conventional time period, not that one would know it to look at him*]