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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 79 points 2 months ago

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@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

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@lemmy.world 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.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Not always, nothing like the US and inconsistency, I work in the northeast US on a college campus our buildings have G-1-2-3....even the newer buildings follow it.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

When your country is made of tiny countries (states) with comparable sizes and populations to European countries there are always going to be exceptions.

[-] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Really? Which campus? Any pics?

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

A university in Babish's hometown. I'd rather not doxx myself more than that.

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