the Costco food menu in China (cw: meat)

miz [any, any]@hexbear.net · edit-2 3 days ago

the Costco food menu in China (cw: meat)

Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her]@hexbear.net · 3 days ago

I’m not saying it’s the same everywhere, but where I am we definitely specify beef burgers in English, because a burger does not have to be beef. It could be a chicken burger, a pork burger, a mushroom burger, a soy burger, a chickpea burger, a black bean burger, a veggie burger, etc. Burger is not definitionally beef here. Edit: hamburger is always beef, but burger leaves it open to being other things that make the patty.

xijinpingist [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 3 days ago

“beef burger” is Chinglish. It’s a literal translation of the Chinese words. If you order a “hamburger” it’s beef. Always. Unless you specifically order a veggie burger or whatever.

Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her]@hexbear.net · 2 days ago

and I’m telling you that isn’t universally true everywhere that english is the primary language. Where I am, you would order a beef burger if you wanted a beef burger