English Vocabulary

Is a 4story building a 3storey one?

Jean-Pierre

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19 Sept. 2012

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Hi everybody ! The Article in the Crawl Street Journal about the Delavigne Art Gallery tells us the story of a now well known four story-building in San Francisco. At least I guess it features four stories according to the journalist who calls it a three-storey one but that guy sounds so british to me. So I'm not that sure anymore. Everybody knows the Europeans never count the ground floor as a story, like the Americans do. By the way, that's the reason why the Empire State Building doesn't seem to be as tall, seen from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Europe, as it is regarded in the United States. </span> Some of you will probably say I'm being smart with that stuff. But still ! Anyway, as for me, the question still remains. Is there somebody out here who can give a hand about that crucial issue ? JP.

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Jean-Pierre
User since 2009
Posts: 21
19 Sept. 2012

This post was deleted by the author 10 years ago.

Hi everybody ! The Article in the Crawl Street Journal about the Delavigne Art Gallery tells us the story of a now well known four story-building in San Francisco. At least I guess it features four stories according to the journalist who calls it a three-storey one but that guy sounds so british to me. So I'm not that sure anymore. Everybody knows the Europeans never count the ground floor as a story, like the Americans do. By the way, that's the reason why the Empire State Building doesn't seem to be as tall, seen from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Europe, as it is regarded in the United States. </span> Some of you will probably say I'm being smart with that stuff. But still ! Anyway, as for me, the question still remains. Is there somebody out here who can give a hand about that crucial issue ? JP.
Dwight
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28 Sept. 2012

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..(the sequel, pressed Enter inadvertently)..of one-story-houses had been around much longer in Europe, and the second floor, where formely the attic had been, was perceived as something new and regarded at the first story. Be it as it may, one crucial questions remains. We still don't know how termites count their floors or stories, respectively (Figured out the the new forum has an after-editing functionality, which is a fine thing. Typing a sequel would not have been neccessary)
Dwight
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28 Sept. 2012

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Actually, the Empire State Building and other impressive edifices in the United States have exaclty the same number of stories, regardless whether seen from the United States or from Europe. A 3-story building and a 3-storey building have both the same number of stories. The difference comes into play when Americans start to count in which story/floor they are. For them, the ground floor is indeed the 1st floor, and the 85th floor in a 85-story building is the last floor. Europeans historically, for whatever reason, have never regarded the ground floor as the first floor, perhaps because the tradition of one-story-hou

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