Bloody Steaks

I hope I don't violate any community guidelines by telling this joke, but in case I do so, I hope Masemune will pardon me.

So here it goes:

A German tourist walks into a restaurant in New York.

When the waiter approaches him, he says:

"I want a bloody steak!

"

The waiter answers:

"Very well, sir, do you also want some fucking fries or a goddamn salad to go with it?

"

I don't know whether such a situation has ever really happened, but it's not unlikely.

When a steak is "rare" in English, it is "blutig" in German and that literally translates as "bloody" to English.

German speakers who are not aware of how the word "bloody" can be used in English are likely to order "bloody steaks" in British or American restaurants.

I remember who told me this joke.

It was my English teacher in secondary school who wanted to create awareness of false friends.

Bloody Steaks

I hope I don't violate any community guidelines by telling this joke, but in case I do so, I hope Masemune will pardon me.

So here it goes:

A German tourist walks into a restaurant in New York.

When the waiter approaches him, he says:

"I want a bloody steak!

"

The waiter answers:

"Very well, sir, do you also want some fucking fries or a goddamn salad to go with it?

I don't know whether such a situation has ever really happened, but it's not unlikely.

When a steak is "rare" in English, it is "blutig" in German and that literally translates as "bloody" to English.

German speakers who are not aware of how the word "bloody" can be used in English are likely to order "bloody steaks" in British or American restaurants.

I remember who told me this joke.

It was my English teacher in secondary school who wanted to create awareness of false friends.