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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] 10 points 6 days ago (10 children)

More or less everybody except US and Russia has zero floor, counting in big office buildings is fun: 3,2,1,-1,-2, I know... The concept of a number zero is not that old (couple hundred years, don't remember the details), but should be enough to update your language :-*

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (4 children)

We count the same as the US in Norway

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Kind of, yes, but I feel the Norwegian word "etasje" is better translated to "storey" than "floor". Taking that translation, we're saying "first storey, second storey, etc." rather than "first floor, second floor, etc." which I guess everybody can agree makes sense.

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