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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 76 points 3 months ago (53 children)

I'm American and I often think we do things wrong...

but not this. First floor on the SECOND floor. It's just wrong.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm imagining this might come from way back when it was common for buildings to just be walls and a roof, and the ground floor was literally just the ground. Then the second level, if there was one, would be the first time they actually built a floor.

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