[Ads-l] "ground" vs. "floor"

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Huh?


If a house has a dirt *floor*, then anything spilled is necessarily onto
the *floor*. If a house has a dirt *ground*, then anything spilled is
probably onto the *ground*.

Of course...

Youneverknow.


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