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mpe
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21 Sep 2016, 12:01 pm

Kiriae wrote:
Yeah. You do it by developing common sense and logical thinking. If you hear "Can you put the kettle on?" and imagine yourself putting the kettle on your head you are supposed to think "Why? It makes no sense. It must have some other meaning. Put the kettle on.. but on what? Where do you usually put the kettle? Stove. <imagine kettle on stove> Why is kettle usually there? Because it provides hot water for coffee or tea. And why do you do to make the water hot? You turn on the stove when kettle is there".


A better term than "common sense" would be "world knowlage". Given how uncommon the former can be in practice.
If anything "put on" meaning "to wear a garment" is the more metaphorical case.
With "put the kettle on <some generally omitted source of heat>" being more like a missing word game. Though "put on" could also mean "switch on" when applied to electrical appliances.



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21 Sep 2016, 8:12 pm

Jute wrote:
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Jute wrote:
I was recently requested to leave an educational course that I was undertaking because, I quote "You appear to see everything in terms of black and white and the responses that you make to questions are too literal. You are, perhaps unintentionally, a source of disturbance for the other students." So I obviously haven't grown out of taking things literally.


Just based on this, you don't seem to upset by this. But I just want to mention, on the off chance you don't know, that they violated your rights under the ADA by doing this. You have the same right to attend class as any NT. They specifically listed your ASD traits as the reason for wanting you to leave. By doing so, they made it a very clear cut case of discrimination based on disability status. Even if they don't know your diagnosis, they are still in the wrong.


The ADA doesn't apply because I'm in England. I'm not going to lose sleep over being asked to leave the course, it was boring anyway.


I'm glad you're not bothered. Sometimes, its just not worth the energy to fight back. But England does have a law equivalent to the ADA. In fact, if I'm remembering correctly, their law that protects the rights of people with disabilities came before our law.