• Oisteink@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Ground is not a floor - i think this is related to age if the languages. In Norway we refer to story and avoid confusion altogether. If its on the 2nd story you press two on the elevator, or walk because you’re not made of cheeseburgers or fish’n’crisps.

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        2 months ago

        Is it a space you occupy? Yes, it is. That makes it a floor that exists that you occupy. It does not need to be elevated to be a floor.

        Ever drop your food on the floor? Do you need to be elevated to drop your food on the floor?

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      2 months ago

      Ground floor is 0.

      It is depicted like that in the elevators. First floor above is 1, first floor below is -1.

      Doesn’t American go from -1 directly to 1? Skipping 0 entirely?

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        2 months ago

        There’s not usually a 0 (at least in Canada). Ground floor is 1 or G. The floor above that is 2. Basement is B, or if there’s multiple basements, B1 then B2, B3, etc.

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        2 months ago

        And you don’t start counting at 0, so anything being counted as 0 makes no sense. 0 literally means 0, does not exist.

        Basements are usually B1, B2, B3, etc.