coffee grounds/grinds

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've never even *heard* of "coffee grinds."

JL

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:52 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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> > Oh, c'mon, Wilson! I was looking for a short way to say that the speaker
> doesn't care.
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> And you succeeded. Brilliantly! It was trivial for me to respond,
> using your template. Nothing more was necessary. I tried to BS myself
> into believing that I'm aware of some difference. But, I really don't
> have a distinction between the two objects. FWIW, I'd probably use
> "grinder," if ever I had any occsion to discuss the preparation of
> coffee.
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