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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] eatCasserole 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.