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Wind mill or Wind turbine? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 hours ago by Ghyste@sh.itjust.works to c/dadjokes@lemmy.world

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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Windmills were commonly used to grind grain.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Is that the pun?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

yes.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 4 hours ago

difference being?

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

The pun is that 'ground' can be a noun meaning 'soil, earth' as in playground or underground, or the past simple and past participle of 'grind' as in ground coffee or ground meat.