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

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[–] spankmonkey 80 points 2 months ago (13 children)

In the US we use either 1st floor and Ground floor to refer to the same floor. The second and higher floors are consistently named though, except for those buildings that skip the 13th floor.

[–] aeronmelon 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

except for those buildings that skip the 13th floor.

When I was in Malaysia, buildings marked floors in British English and skipped any number ending in four (bad luck for Chinese). #MildlyInfuriating

[–] fireweed 8 points 2 months ago

Singapore is even more bonkers because they have eastern and western superstitions to accommodate, plus it's a really densely-built island so tall buildings are extremely common.

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