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27 Jul 2017, 11:29 am

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The sign that says: IN CASE OF FIRE, DO NOT USE ELEVATOR

I thought that meant: Avoid using the elevator at all costs, just in case there happens to be a fire


Did the same, but opposite thing once when I was like 11.

Trouble is that I cant recall what task we were doing. But it involved placing some long object above the windows of the side of the car. Mom said "hold it in case it falls". I understood that to mean "if it starts to fall grab it". So that's what I did. Watched it. And it started to fall. So I grabbed it. She said "I just told you to hold it". At the time I was embarrassed and thought "I should've known she meant to hold it and not watch it". But just now thinking about it it was kinda her fault for not saying "hold it so it doesn't fall".



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27 Jul 2017, 11:34 am

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...Reminds me when I was in my freshman year of high school, the kitchen staff had a sign on their computer saying "there will be no charge on lunches starting April 21st" and I took it as they won't charge you for lunch anymore. ...

So what did it mean? I'm stuck and can't think of any other possible meaning. It's driving me nuts.


I know! This is annoying lol. I want to know what it means!



It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.


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27 Jul 2017, 11:44 am

League_Girl wrote:
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soloha wrote:
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...Reminds me when I was in my freshman year of high school, the kitchen staff had a sign on their computer saying "there will be no charge on lunches starting April 21st" and I took it as they won't charge you for lunch anymore. ...

So what did it mean? I'm stuck and can't think of any other possible meaning. It's driving me nuts.


I know! This is annoying lol. I want to know what it means!



It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.


Oh....ok. Thanks League_Girl :) . That makes more sense now.


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27 Jul 2017, 11:48 am

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Now I am confused about these idioms, can you explain what they actually mean?

I'm not the person who posted this and I'm no native speaker, but I would think the confusion arose because the OP thought he had to bring a dog with him even though he didn't have one and that he had to show his passport even though he wasn't an immigrant.

I am right?


Partly. The confusion for me was that the "Passports must be shown" notice clearly meant that carrying a passport was obligatory, and it needed to be shown on passing through immigration. But, by contrast, the "Dogs must be carried" notice evidently did not mean that it was obligatory for every passenger to have a dog with them, but merely that if someone did happen to have a dog with them, then they must carry it in their arms while on the escalator.



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27 Jul 2017, 11:50 am

League_Girl wrote:
StampySquiddyFan wrote:
soloha wrote:
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...Reminds me when I was in my freshman year of high school, the kitchen staff had a sign on their computer saying "there will be no charge on lunches starting April 21st" and I took it as they won't charge you for lunch anymore. ...

So what did it mean? I'm stuck and can't think of any other possible meaning. It's driving me nuts.


I know! This is annoying lol. I want to know what it means!



It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.

ohhh ... now I think its not because of AS I didn't get it. That's just a really bad sign ... or maybe I'm that much of an Aspie to think its that bad. hmmm...wow.



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27 Jul 2017, 11:52 am

League_Girl wrote:
It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.


Wow! I would never have figured that one out!



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27 Jul 2017, 12:20 pm

strings wrote:
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It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.


Wow! I would never have figured that one out!


Even if you went to the school it would be ambiguous. And since people tend to hear what they want to hear the staff should have known that "we wont charge you for lunch" would be taken to mean that you will get free lunches! Lol!

But for us here who didn't go to that school and weren't involved in their credit system it would be totally impossible to find any other meaning than "after this date you will get your lunch free".



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27 Jul 2017, 12:43 pm

soloha wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
StampySquiddyFan wrote:
soloha wrote:
League_Girl wrote:
strings wrote:
...Reminds me when I was in my freshman year of high school, the kitchen staff had a sign on their computer saying "there will be no charge on lunches starting April 21st" and I took it as they won't charge you for lunch anymore. ...

So what did it mean? I'm stuck and can't think of any other possible meaning. It's driving me nuts.


I know! This is annoying lol. I want to know what it means!



It means they were not going to give you lunch if you are negative in your account. So let's say you ran out of lunch money they have in their computer system. You punch in your lunch ID number and your lunch account shows up and it says -$5.45. You can't have your lunch because you owe them money for your food. They had that sign up for a warning so kids can bring in the money they owe them before the deadline.

ohhh ... now I think its not because of AS I didn't get it. That's just a really bad sign ... or maybe I'm that much of an Aspie to think its that bad. hmmm...wow.


NT kids took it literal too so if even NTs takes something literal, then it was poorly worded and it's time to change the sign to make it more clear.


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27 Jul 2017, 1:29 pm

I remember my mother telling me that we cannot get groceries because "grocery day is Tuesday". I thought that literally meant that except for a small amount of urgent purchases, everyone had to do their shopping on Tuesday. It puzzled me for months until I slowly realize it was *our* family shopping day.

I also thought that "full time" workers at the mall literally worked when the mall was open. As a kid, that meant 10am to 10pm Monday to Saturday. At least they got Sundays off but I was NOT looking forward to working that much once I left school!



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27 Jul 2017, 2:09 pm

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I still take things like idioms literally (probably because I'm young). One example is when I was sitting next to this girl in class and she was practicing her signature. She said "I love the way my new signature rolls off my hand." I then proceeded to ask "Rolls off your hand?" and roll my own pencil down my hand. I've even heard that expression before. She looked very confused. It was an awkward moment. That's the most recent one I can think of.


I'm sorry but that expression sounds made up to me. I've heard "rolls off the tounge" before but not "rolls off your hand" , in fact that sounds like a neologism to me. :D

Edit: Just to clarify , I'm not sorry , I have no idea why I wrote that :roll:


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27 Jul 2017, 2:11 pm

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I still take things like idioms literally (probably because I'm young). One example is when I was sitting next to this girl in class and she was practicing her signature. She said "I love the way my new signature rolls off my hand." I then proceeded to ask "Rolls off your hand?" and roll my own pencil down my hand. I've even heard that expression before. She looked very confused. It was an awkward moment. That's the most recent one I can think of.


I'm sorry but that expression sounds made up to me. I've heard "rolls off the tounge" before but not "rolls off your hand" , in fact that sounds like a neologism to me. :D

Edit: Just to clarify , I'm not sorry , I have no idea why I wrote that :roll:


I don't even know if it's real or not :D . I looked it up, but I can't find anything. Maybe she was just a weirdo.


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27 Jul 2017, 2:49 pm

I always got confused when my parents would say adults had eyes at the back of their head because how did they see through all that hair? My NT brothers took it literal too but they were preschoolers and I was eight. Then when I was older, I thought it was a lie parents made up so their kids wouldn't try and get away with stuff when the parents aren't looking.

And another thing when I was six I would always get confused whenever we were going by my old school and I would say that was my school and my mom would say "You're too big for it" and I wondered how can I be too big if the adults there can still fit in there. My mom meant I was too old to go to school there. Also whenever we would grocery shop, I always wanted a toy from the small toy section grocery stores used to have. I would grab one of them and my mom would tell me "You are not getting it put it back, it's too much money" and I would be confused because i didn't see any money in the toy and I couldn't understand why money being in the toy was an issue. She meant it cost too much for that small thing and she didn't want to pay the money for it because she didn't like the price.


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27 Jul 2017, 3:52 pm

StampySquiddyFan wrote:
SaveFerris wrote:
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I still take things like idioms literally (probably because I'm young). One example is when I was sitting next to this girl in class and she was practicing her signature. She said "I love the way my new signature rolls off my hand." I then proceeded to ask "Rolls off your hand?" and roll my own pencil down my hand. I've even heard that expression before. She looked very confused. It was an awkward moment. That's the most recent one I can think of.


I'm sorry but that expression sounds made up to me. I've heard "rolls off the tounge" before but not "rolls off your hand" , in fact that sounds like a neologism to me. :D

Edit: Just to clarify , I'm not sorry , I have no idea why I wrote that :roll:


I don't even know if it's real or not :D . I looked it up, but I can't find anything. Maybe she was just a weirdo.


"Rolling off my tongue" is an actual expression. She was obviously just riffing on that expression to coin her own expression in that moment, probably without even knowing she had coined an expression.



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27 Jul 2017, 4:02 pm

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"Rolling off my tongue" is an actual expression. She was obviously just riffing on that expression to coin her own expression in that moment, probably without even knowing she had coined an expression.


I'm glad you said that as I fully expected someone to say it was a common expression. :D


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27 Jul 2017, 4:08 pm

The funny replies I got on my posts. :lmao:



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27 Jul 2017, 4:19 pm

Not really relevant to taking things literally but I just wished someone a happy birthday by saying "Many happy returns of the day" and although I know it's relevant for a birthday I have no idea wtf it means :lol:


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