Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWell OK thenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1132
arrow-up1132imageWell OK thenlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoam i stupid? i don’t get what the intent of the message is? what other interpretation is? (english is my second language, so i might be missing some colloquial term here?)
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoA screw-on top refers to a bottle cap that you twist on and off. By leaving out the hyphen, the sign maker opened themself up to pedantry.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoEnglish is my first language and I’m not sure what they’re asking for either. So a literal screw on top of the cup sounds right.
am i stupid? i don’t get what the intent of the message is? what other interpretation is? (english is my second language, so i might be missing some colloquial term here?)
A screw-on top refers to a bottle cap that you twist on and off. By leaving out the hyphen, the sign maker opened themself up to pedantry.
English is my first language and I’m not sure what they’re asking for either. So a literal screw on top of the cup sounds right.