Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 20 days agoWell OK thenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days 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-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-220 days agoI guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps. The cup with lid also works if they don’t want accidental spillage.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days 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-up0·edit-220 days 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?)
I guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps.
The cup with lid also works if they don’t want accidental spillage.
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.