burnt slightly

[Ptak]

If you were frying meat, or a cutlet, and it burnt a bit, what do you say:
It's a bit burnt
It's slightly burnt
It's burnt slightly

or somehow else?..

 

[bibliolept]

All three sound idiomatic to me; I'd be slightly less likely to use the third.

 

[Ptak]

Thank you, bibliolept.

 

[GreenWhiteBlue]

I might also say "it's a little burnt". "It's burnt slightly" is not downright strange, but it is not something I would normally say.

 

[emma42]

I would say "It's burnt slightly" if I meant "It has burnt", rather than "It is burnt".

I would say "It's burnt slightly" if there were a pause between "burnt" and "slightly".

"It's burnt [pause]. Slightly".

 

[panjandrum]

If you were frying meat, or a cutlet, and it burnt a bit, what do you say:
[...]

I have no idea. This has never happened to me

If it did, I would say "It's a bit burnt."
That is the most informal/ casual suggestion and in these circumstances I would want to emphasise the informal/ casual because it helps to play down my failure.

 

[timpeac]

I have no idea. This has never happened to me

If it did, I would say "It's a bit burnt."
That is the most informal/ casual suggestion and in these circumstances I would want to emphasise the informal/ casual because it helps to play down my failure.

Yes, for me too. I can imagine a cook saying "it's a bit burnt I'm afraid" whilst they're serving it up to you on a plate nonetheless. If they said "it's slightly burnt" I think I would be expecting something really scorched since it's much more matter of fact.