Okay linguists. I was just taking the spent coffee out of this device in my kitchen and it occurred to me that calling them coffee grounds might be an awkward English expression. How do we call the spent coffee from this device in other languages? Like, it's coffee or ground coffee until you use it and then they become coffee grounds at least in this part of New York State English speak. #askingforafriend #lingistics
Here in the midwest and south, it's the same. They're ground coffee until you use them, and then they're coffee grounds. Can't speak for the west coast.
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