[slightly OT]: German "englisch" = rare

[Amy West]

That is curious. I can find that adverbial usage "englisch gebraten"
in my bilingual Oxford-Duden, but not my German-only Wahrig. Wahrig
does show an entry for an "Englischrot." Have you checked the online
Grimm's dictionary? http://germazope.uni-trier.de/Projects/DWB

---Amy West

>Date:    Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:01:43 -0500
>From:    "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
>Subject: [slightly OT]: German "englisch" = rare
>
>Would anyone know why one of the German words for "rare" (opposite
>of well-done) meat is "englisch," which literally means "English"?
>Are the British known for preferring their meat rare? Does the word
>refer to the redcoats? Is there another explanation I'm completely
>missing?
>
>Gerald Cohen

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