Global Lingo Thread

[cako72]

Bruno, You a fan of Terry Pratchett, i suppose?

At least your signature looks like it!

Sorry, slightly .....

The Swedish direct translation to english for a "rare steak" is "a bloody steak", could cause some rised eyebrows in an English restaurant....and an American too, i suppose...Hehe!


Clas

[Bruno]

Yup. I own everything discworld related except the latest versions of the discworld companion. It gets updated every couple of years, but they are not that useful or interesting. And if you have all the books, then the companion is redundant so I only bought the first one.

I re-read them every now and again, too. Some I've read 7 or 8 times.

[Quick Orange]

Bruno, You a fan of Terry Pratchett, i suppose?

At least your signature looks like it!

Sorry, slightly .....

The Swedish direct translation to english for a "rare steak" is "a bloody steak", could cause some rised eyebrows in an English restaurant....and an American too, i suppose...Hehe!


Clas

No raised eyebrows here. If you order it bloody, they know you mean rare. Bloody here doesn't carry the same weight as in the UK. It's one of those "cute" English sayings

[Bruno]

Just give me the bloody steak

[Wildtim]

No raised eyebrows here. If you order it bloody, they know you mean rare. Bloody here doesn't carry the same weight as in the UK. It's one of those "cute" English sayings

I don't know about that, there used to be a guy I knew that ordered his steak "bloody" He'd say:

"I want it bloody, just introduce it to the grill if they get to cozy I'll send it back!"

He was a Texan and he meant it too! He liked his steak warm and pink on the outside with the faintest hint of sear, no more, and if it Mooed when he stuck a fork in it all the better! There are probably some good surgeons who could re-attach what he called perfectly edible.

To me thats what a "bloody" steak is.

[Silver]

I don't know about that, there used to be a guy I knew that ordered his steak "bloody" He'd say:

"I want it bloody, just introduce it to the grill if they get to cozy I'll send it back!"

He was a Texan and he meant it too! He liked his steak warm and pink on the outside with the faintest hint of sear, no more, and if it Mooed when he stuck a fork in it all the better! There are probably some good surgeons who could re-attach what he called perfectly edible.

To me thats what a "bloody" steak is.

Well now, that would be known as a Blue steak over here. If you asked for a bloody steak you would probably be told not to be so rude.

[poona]

Woofter in Northern Ireland means a 'Gay boy' or homosexual. It's not widely used anymore but that's how it would be perceived here.