Mickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost · 4 个月前Well OK thenimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down12
arrow-up1295arrow-down1imageWell OK thenMickey7 to Lemmy Shitpost · 4 个月前message-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarekinsniklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 个月前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?)
minus-squareSkyezOpenlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 个月前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.
minus-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 个月前I guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps. The cup with lid also works if they don’t want accidental spillage.
minus-squareBlaster MlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-24 个月前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.
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.
I guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps.
The cup with lid also works if they don’t want accidental spillage.
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.