Are we "On the spectrum" or "Under" it?

Page 1 of 1 [ 14 posts ] 


Do you say "On the Spectrum"? or "Under the Spectrum"
"ON" 93%  93%  [ 40 ]
"UNDER" 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 43

Jael
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Posts: 158

21 Sep 2008, 11:18 am

I notice some people use the phrase "On the spectrum" to describe a person who has some variant of Autism. Others say "Under the spectrum". Which do you use?



donkey
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 May 2006
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,468
Location: ireland

21 Sep 2008, 12:00 pm

its an AS feature to get caught up on meanings and definitions.
whiile you can spend time deciphering if your on or under the spectrum.
it doesnt matter in the big scheme of things, it is however important and normal for you to expect an answer.

so i consider myself to be on the spectrum. but i have never thought about it that much and while i spend too much tume thinking about a lot of irrelevant material, i havent ever thought about an answer to your question.

thanks for asking learn not to worry too much about definitions.


_________________
a great civilisation cannot be conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within- W. Durant


Jael
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Posts: 158

21 Sep 2008, 12:18 pm

donkey wrote:
its an AS feature to get caught up on meanings and definitions.
whiile you can spend time deciphering if your on or under the spectrum.
it doesnt matter in the big scheme of things, it is however important and normal for you to expect an answer.

so i consider myself to be on the spectrum. but i have never thought about it that much and while i spend too much tume thinking about a lot of irrelevant material, i havent ever thought about an answer to your question.

thanks for asking learn not to worry too much about definitions.


Ummm, thanks? :lol: I'm not particularly worried, just curious about which usage is most common. Thanks for responding.



makuranososhi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 May 2008
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,805
Location: Banned by Alex

21 Sep 2008, 12:33 pm

On the spectrum, under the radar, off the charts and over the rainbow.


M.


_________________
My thanks to all the wonderful members here; I will miss the opportunity to continue to learn and work with you.

For those who seek an alternative, it is coming.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!


AngelUndercover
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 2 Dec 2006
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Posts: 408
Location: somewhere else

21 Sep 2008, 1:25 pm

I've never heard "under the spectrum."


_________________
"I don't even know how to explain it, but this is not my dimension, and my mind is never at peace; it's always somewhere else." - Josh Groban, Alla Luce Del Sole


srriv345
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Posts: 523

21 Sep 2008, 2:39 pm

In English, it's common for certain words to become associated with a particular locative case for seemingly arbitrary reasons. "On the sidewalk" and "in the street" are both generally accepted as grammatically correct, while, "in the sidewalk" generally is not.



steelback
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

User avatar

Joined: 23 Dec 2006
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Posts: 332
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

21 Sep 2008, 7:34 pm

Shouldn't it be "within" the spectrum, cause the other terms make it sound like we exist outside the spectrum.



lionesss
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Aug 2008
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,305
Location: not anywhere near you

21 Sep 2008, 9:43 pm

Over here they call it "the autism umbrella" so.. I guess it would make more sense to be under it.


_________________
Come chat about the mystical side and everyday part of life on http://esotericden.proboards.com -The Esoteric Den!! !


LostInSpace
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,617
Location: Dixie

21 Sep 2008, 10:32 pm

srriv345 wrote:
In English, it's common for certain words to become associated with a particular locative case for seemingly arbitrary reasons. "On the sidewalk" and "in the street" are both generally accepted as grammatically correct, while, "in the sidewalk" generally is not.


Then you have the debate of "on line" versus "in line."

In New York, to say you are "on line" does not necessarily mean you are surfing the Internet (which would be spelled "online"), but could mean that you are waiting on a line at a store or someplace. Apparently this is not the case in the rest of the country though, as my college friends used to tease me and say, "It's 'in line' not 'on line'!"

The only time I would really say "in line" would be if I were in a car waiting in line (for instance at a tollbooth).


_________________
Not all those who wander are lost... but I generally am.


Last edited by LostInSpace on 21 Sep 2008, 10:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

LostInSpace
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,617
Location: Dixie

21 Sep 2008, 10:33 pm

lionesss wrote:
Over here they call it "the autism umbrella" so.. I guess it would make more sense to be under it.


I could see saying "under the umbrella of autism," but if I were to refer to the spectrum, I would always say "on the spectrum."


_________________
Not all those who wander are lost... but I generally am.


Tahitiii
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jul 2008
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,214
Location: USA

21 Sep 2008, 10:44 pm

makuranososhi wrote:
On the spectrum, under the radar, off the charts and over the rainbow.
Yes, thank you, I think I am all of the above.
You forgot "around the bend," and "in a state" and "wacked-out."



oblio
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 529
Location: 1 Observatree Close, Pointless Forest, Low Countries

22 Sep 2008, 10:25 pm

Tahitiii wrote:
makuranososhi wrote:
On the spectrum, under the radar, off the charts and over the rainbow.
Yes, thank you, I think I am all of the above.
You forgot "around the bend," and "in a state" and "wacked-out."


over the moon, me

anyway: the matter seems point-of-view related

from the psychiatric-diagnostic perspective,
we come/fall UNDER (or IN) the category of autism

from our perspective, that must mean we are ON the spectrum;

whether we are IN the spectrum to me is less sure, but i think the same applies, because i think the perspective of IF is much more as-seen-from-without (yeah..., i'm sure... methinks)


_________________
a point in every direction is the same as no point at all - or is it

may your god forgive you


AnnePande
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Posts: 994
Location: Aarhus, Denmark

23 Sep 2008, 12:12 pm

Prepositions are always interesting stuff, especially in other languages than your own. :)

I've only seen "on" the spectrum, around here, never "under".

A funny little story about prepositions:

In an English lesson in what is equivalent to high school in Denmark, the teacher once asked me what it was in English to get angry with somebody (she asked me in Danish). I wasn't sure about which preposition to use, so at last, although I thought it sounded wrong, I made a literal translation from the Danish and answered "get angry on".
Then the teacher (a tiny little lady with a great temper) went up on the chair and said: "I get angry on this chair, but I get angry with you!" 8O
I never, ever forgot that... :lol:



makuranososhi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 May 2008
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 5,805
Location: Banned by Alex

24 Sep 2008, 12:52 pm

Tahitiii wrote:
makuranososhi wrote:
On the spectrum, under the radar, off the charts and over the rainbow.
Yes, thank you, I think I am all of the above.
You forgot "around the bend," and "in a state" and "wacked-out."


...down and out, and up in arms, apparently! *laugh* I'm through, or at least beside myself. ;)


M.


_________________
My thanks to all the wonderful members here; I will miss the opportunity to continue to learn and work with you.

For those who seek an alternative, it is coming.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!