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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?"
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”.
Haha this is amazing
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 😄