close the light

I have heard that too, but where I am, it is not what is said.

All of these sound normal to me:

Please turn off the light

Please turn out the lights

Please shut off the lights (but NOT shut out)

Please put out the lights (but NOT put off)

This is probably one of those phrases that has a lot of variation depending on where you live. I'll be int

close the light

We Chinese say it for fun sometimes.

Turn off the light =??

?=close, ?=light

So ??'s metaphrase is "close the light"

New Zealand children say "close the light".

In an episode of Mad Men Season III one of the characters says: "Let me close the light", where I am from in Africa its common for people tosay close the light always thought it was unique to these parts but I guess not.

My mother used to say open and close the lights. Her parents were Croatian. Open and close the light is actually more proper than turn on and turn off the lights. Open and closed are electrical terms indicating current flow. Turn on/off the lights is in reference to the first residential light switches which were rotary. You literally had to turn the light switch clockwise to switch on the electri

Anonymousin Einstein's universe, light is everywhere instantly.

Well, it's not really just Einstein's universe. It belongs to everyone!

Even people who are not fluent in English should have no problem understanding the meaning of "turning on" and "turning off" something. In Natural English, "turn on" means to energize. Particularly when we are referring to home appliances and devices depending on electrical power to operate, in this case, a light fixture, the meaning of "turned on" is pretty much fixed and apparent. I know for a f

According to Einstein (e.g. His universe) at the speed of light time ceases to exist. Relative to our time frame light travels at 186k mps but in Light's perspective it is everywhere at once.

Anonymous,

AnonymousAccording to Einstein (e.g. His universe) at the speed of light time ceases to exist. Relative to our time frame light travels at 186k mps but in Light's perspective it is everywhere at once.

What is your point? This is an English forum, not a physics forum.

you can't close a light. nor open a light. it is not a door nor a window or cabinet.