Yeah, as a non-native speaker, I've always considered that really weird too. Same with "well done", which is apparently worse than murder if you're enthusiastic about steaks 😄
Blue or Blue-Rare are the steps above rare afaik (at least in the US, not sure about England). Any restaurant that asks "what does that mean" isn't a restaurant I'd trust to serve me meat that is cool in the middle.
My first WTF moment with British English was walking into a restaurant & the hostess asked: “are you alright?”. “Do I have a bloody nose?” I quaked. Turns out it was just how folks say “what’s up?” as a hello there.
First time starting work in a London office it took me months to get used to the morning greeting: 'Rye?', which is just short for 'How are you doing, alright?'
38 Comments
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 130 pts · 2y
Reminds me of the first time a friend of mine and his dad went to London. They were both more or less fluent, though his dad less so:
My friend's dad, trying to order an extra rare steak: "A bloody steak, please"
Waiter, without missing a beat: "Certainly, sir. Would you like some fucking potatoes with that?"
SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
A steak joke is a rare medium well done.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
... Fuck you aye?
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
Did ye aye
Kiosade@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y
I mean it is kind of weird that “rare” is used to denote “barely cooked”, when it usually means “very scarce or hard to find”.
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Kiosade@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Haha this is amazing
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, as a non-native speaker, I've always considered that really weird too. Same with "well done", which is apparently worse than murder if you're enthusiastic about steaks 😄
Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Blue or Blue-Rare are the steps above rare afaik (at least in the US, not sure about England). Any restaurant that asks "what does that mean" isn't a restaurant I'd trust to serve me meat that is cool in the middle.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
Made my day
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 91 pts · 2y
TheFriar@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
lol it’s a funny tweet. I don’t use twitter, but find joy in the cleverness and humor that people there spit out.
Would never use the app myself though. Screenshots on lemmy are as close to the rim of the volcano I’ll go.
threeduck@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
It's a joke that's been going around online, OOP made up this janky setup to sound original.
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
... $100 says they're happier than you.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Stay happy my dude
toastal@lemmy.ml · 65 pts · 2y
My first WTF moment with British English was walking into a restaurant & the hostess asked: “are you alright?”. “Do I have a bloody nose?” I quaked. Turns out it was just how folks say “what’s up?” as a hello there.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 2y
to which she responded, "Yes of course you have a nose, but why are you cursing about it?"
SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
First time starting work in a London office it took me months to get used to the morning greeting: 'Rye?', which is just short for 'How are you doing, alright?'
jpeps@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Do you mean 'aight?' Rye is a bloody grain
Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee · -54 pts · 2y
sparkle@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
you're bad at trolling
Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee · -19 pts · 2y
braxy29@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
okay, but that made me laugh
AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
ChatGPT looking ass
SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Are you alright?
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 2y
...so they remembered a Twitter post in their dream, and posted that as if it was their joke?
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 42 pts · 2y
Strangely enough, it's the same user. Makes it even weirder in a way
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Voldemort: 😢
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Wtf
Zehzin@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y
Source: It was revealed to me in a dream
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
This person makes dreams into reality.
Legend
Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
bloody twat
mo_lave@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y
Lando Norris be like
stephen01king@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
Hey, it won him the race.
DogWater@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
How did a bloody nose win an F1 race?
mo_lave@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
You have to sacrifice a body part if you're not Max Verstappen (because his sacrifice was a visit to the gas station)
Master@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
By being a twat, if my memory or no is is correct.
v_krishna@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
Major Kovalyov: "Am I a joke to you?"
ray@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Cooper Howard has entered the chat
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
matt rose replied to this (i think)