Gwyneth Paltrow is hoping and praying that, despite raising her in England, her daughter Apple will develop an American accent, because she hates the way Brits pronounce "basil" and "pasta". We guess saying "Ahhhn-tony Hupkins" is fine, however.

GodDAMN, if it's not bad enough that she's the daughter of a pretentious tightass and a purveyor of craprock, poor little Apple Martin is now under pressure to pronounce words in a way that pleases her mother. Gwyneth whines:

"She says 'Mummy' instead of 'Mommy'. I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying 'basil' and 'pasta' the English way, as that really drives me nuts."

We suppose if you name your child "Apple", she better damn well speak like a red-blooded, Ford-driving, buck-shooting product of the USA. That's like naming your kid Baseball. Or Betsy Ross. Or Truck Nutz.

All the same, you can see Gwyn in the buff at MrSkin.com.