To: conservative in nyc
Why would the 2nd or 3rd floor in Italy be the 3rd or 4th in America?.....
32 posted on
09/18/2006 12:29:40 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Red Badger
"Why would the 2nd or 3rd floor in Italy be the 3rd or 4th in America?....."
Europe likes to start their counting at 'Ground', while we start at '1'
34 posted on
09/18/2006 12:30:28 PM PDT by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: Red Badger
Why would the 2nd or 3rd floor in Italy be the 3rd or 4th in America?.....
Because the first floor to us is the ground floor to them (and most Europeans). The second floor to us is the first floor to them. I don't know why.
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