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On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 20:03:25 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-09-02 18:39, Don_from_AZ wrote:
>> Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> Daniel70 wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> When I walk in from the Street Footpath through the Front Door of a
>>>> House, I'm still (possibly) AT GROUND LEVEL, so I MUST be on THE
>>>> *GROUND* *FLOOR* level, surely!!
>>>> If I then go up a set of stairs, that puts me at the *FIRST* *FLOOR*
>>>> *ABOVE* Ground level, surely!!
>>>
>>> This is indeed the English convention.  I suspect the same is true in
>>> France: "premier etage".  So probably Europe-wide.
>>>
>>> The Americans can achieve the same result by numbering their ground
>>> floor as zero.
>> But, but... when I walk in to a building at the ground level, the floor
>> I encounter there is surely the "first" floor you get to. So the one
>> above that must be the "second" floor, and so forth. Seems clear to me!
> 
> It is equally clear to me that it is the zero floor, as I did not have
> to climb the stairs or the elevator :-)

I've got to admit that as a C programmer 0 makes a great deal of sense to 
me but when in Rome.