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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 76 points 2 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.

[–] norimee 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's the first upstairs.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, the first floor after you ascend from the... Initial floor, which is on the ground, QED.

[–] Szyler 1 points 2 months ago

How many floors do you count in a two storey house? Do you have ground + 1 floor, or so you have a house with a floor in top of the ground and a floor up the stairs? If you have two floors, you can one the first and the other "second floor"

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