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[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months 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”.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months 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 😄