Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoWell OK thenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1253
arrow-up1253imageWell OK thenlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarekinsnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours 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-up11·12 hours 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-squareLudrol@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-212 hours agoI guess they ask for bottles with screwed bottle caps. The cup with lid also works if they don’t want accidental spillage.
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours 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.
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.