StarkRGI learned a new allistic phrase this week. "Do you drink tea very often?" apparently means "should the tea be easily accessible instead of at the back of a hard-to-reach cabinet?" I can kinda see the connection there, but I don't understand why allistics can't just ask the question they're actually asking.
Frances LarinaNot asking questions directly is the hallmark of allistic communication.
Perhaps it comes from too many of them saying lies like, "I don't mean xyz, but..." when they absolutely do intend xyz but it wasn't socially acceptable to say so.