No it's just barely literate idiot thugs. They're not pronounced or spelt any more similarly than in AmE or anything. It's just 'oh paediatrician that's what pa

No it's just barely literate idiot thugs. They're not pronounced or spelt any more similarly than in AmE or anything. It's just 'oh paediatrician that's what paedo is short for innit'. Some examples: https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/a-tale-told-too-much-the-paediatrician-vigilantes/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/a-tale-told-too-much-the-pae... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/vigilante-mob-attacks-home-of-paediatrician-710864.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/vigilante... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1353904/Paediatrician-attack-People-dont-want-no-paedophiles-here.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1353904/Paediatricia... (there might be some overlap there, I haven't actually read more than necessary to check they're not cases of the paediatrician actually being a paedophile too, there is some of that unfortunately)