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SimonGray at 2024-02-14 07:25:24+00:00 ID:
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Nah, the Americans should be the ones to change. Counting total rooms is much more logical than just counting bedrooms.
And those pesky Americans should also start counting floors from level 0... and switch to metric while they're at it!
xibalba89 at 2024-02-14 12:28:06+00:00 ID:
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Yes, because it makes lots of sense to say "I'm on the first floor of a 3-story building" when you mean the second floor. (That's how ordinal numbers work - we start with first, not zeroth.)
SimonGray at 2024-02-14 12:48:59+00:00 ID:
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Kinda silly to start a discussion based on my silly comment, but now that you did...
In a world where no underground floors exist, I guess counting from 1 can make sense, that part's true... but since we do tend to have floors underground, I find it a lot more logical to think of floors as a scale around 0. Otherwise you would either have to number the 1st basement floor 0 or skip 2 floors between the ground floor and the basement.
xibalba89 at 2024-02-14 12:50:21+00:00 ID:
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Basement floors are 0 in the States.
SimonGray at 2024-02-14 12:53:10+00:00 ID:
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My point exactly. That is nonsensical.
xibalba89 at 2024-02-14 12:55:20+00:00 ID:
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Why? They're underground, and NOT the norm.
Gex1234567890 at 2024-02-14 12:10:31+00:00 ID:
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And last, but not least, they REAAALLY need to join a labor union!