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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 131 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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?"

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago
[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Haha this is amazing

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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 points 1 year ago

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 points 1 year ago

Made my day

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 42 points 1 year ago

to which she responded, "Yes of course you have a nose, but why are you cursing about it?"

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

...so they remembered a Twitter post in their dream, and posted that as if it was their joke?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Strangely enough, it's the same user. Makes it even weirder in a way

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Source: It was revealed to me in a dream

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

This person makes dreams into reality.

Legend

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

bloody twat

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How did a bloody nose win an F1 race?

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 points 1 year ago

By being a twat, if my memory or no is is correct.

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Major Kovalyov: "Am I a joke to you?"

[–] ray@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Cooper Howard has entered the chat

matt rose replied to this (i think)