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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

BrE vs AmE

Is it true that the 1st floor in BrE is the 2nd floor in AmE? Is it in wide use?

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I have been to both countries and in my experience what you say seems to be true.

CB
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So how do the Brits refer to the 1st floor of AmE? (Is Brit an offensive term?)
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lagatawSo how do the Brits refer to the 1st floor of AmE? (Is Brit an offensive term?)
It is usually called the ground floor. The British use Brit themselves, so there should be nothing offensive about it. However, it is true that some older people may consider it a little impolite. It is certainly more informal than Britisher or Briton. A
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Thanks for this information CB.
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In the U.S., in most buildings, any floor below ground is usually called the basement floor. The one that is at street level, or ground level, is called the first floor, and then the numbering goes up from there.

Hotels and office buildings will, occasionally, call the first floor the Lobby floor and then the next one floor 1, but, usually, even if the first floor is called the Lobby fl
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