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

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (20 children)

Do "2-story" homes in England actually have 3 floors?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (7 children)

No. Think of the number as representing how many levels you have to go up.

If you go one level up, then you're on the floor of level 1. etc.

A two-story home would mean you have to go two level up to get to the roof... So it has two floors. i.e. Level 0 and level 1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What is a single floor home called then? A flat?

[–] Kellamity 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A bungalow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

And yes it is weird.

A bangla house was one in the Bengali style. Those were single story buildings the colonial British encountered in India.

So it became the posh way of saying "single story house" and then everyone started using it. Because it's better to say you're choosing not to build extra stories than saying you can't afford them.

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