Should ground floor be 0th floor or 1st floor? - Page 3

Nutterbug · #41 Posted **Jan 29, 2008, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Exodus

You would still be in your first year would you not ? Wouldn't be fair to compare the months within that first year to the feet within that first floor ? And if you were standing on the "ground" floor, you would still be standing on a floor, not the actual ground. Also, what about those main floors that are a few steps high ? Where do you draw the line ? Again, I don't even know why this is considered an issue.

They don't use the term "zero year old"?

Pinion · #42 Posted **Feb 8, 2008, 12:50 PM**

My building has a lobby that is one floor below my home, yet I am on the first floor with a ground-level patio.

Yay for slopes.

Confuses the hell out of everyone invited over though.

worldwide · #43 Posted **Feb 10, 2008, 10:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by J. Will

From what I've seen, many of the newer buildings in Toronto not only have no 13th floor, but no 4th, 14th, 24th, or 34th floor either because I guess 4 is bad luck for Chinese.

do they go from 39 to 50? i would live on the 50th floor. you get a great view from 35 storeys up

FREKI · #44 Posted **Feb 10, 2008, 6:24 PM**

In Denmark ground floor is 0th - and called "Stuen"

Henkka · #45 Posted **Feb 10, 2008, 7:38 PM**

I always thought that all this "ground floor and 1st floor being the one above" -thingy was only British curiousity but I guess I was wrong. In Finland the numbering starts from 1, 1st floor being the one on street level though it can be called "Katutaso", street level or "Aula", lobby but the floor above is always the 2nd floor.