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04-24-2008, 04:22 PM #1
English vs USA phrases
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04-24-2008, 04:35 PM #2
Re: English vs USA phrases
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04-24-2008, 04:39 PM #3
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Re: English vs USA phrases
I always say ground floor anyway since that's what my teachers say.
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04-24-2008, 04:39 PM #4
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Re: English vs USA phrases
I particularly like the way it's been referred to as "England Phrase"...
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04-24-2008, 04:45 PM #5
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So, are all of the buildings in the U.K. one floor shorter than those in the rest of the world?
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04-24-2008, 04:48 PM #6
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Re: English vs USA phrases
'Ground Floor' tends to only exist in buildings with a large lobby areas. In the US I've seen both. Simple apartment building that have people living on the 'ground floor' usually just call it the first floor. --
Though that picture seems to show 3 separate floors...|TG|Switch
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04-24-2008, 05:31 PM #7
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Re: English vs USA phrases
no not the rest of the world ... ONLY than in the USA!!!!
Originally Posted by ionpig-A
So, are all of the buildings in the U.K. one floor shorter than those in the rest of the world?
good point silver!
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04-24-2008, 06:30 PM #8
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I thought the ground floor could be called a lobby, foyer, entrance way...
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04-24-2008, 07:11 PM #9
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Classic.
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04-24-2008, 07:20 PM #10
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Re: English vs USA phrases
I love stupid cultural and language difference.
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04-24-2008, 07:23 PM #11
Re: English vs USA phrases
the season where leaves turn brown and fall off
US = the Fall
England = Autumn
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04-24-2008, 07:47 PM #12
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Re: English vs USA phrases
Some people call it Autumn here, but mostly its referred to as fall.
And I usually refer to the ground floor as the floor thats meeting the ground at the main entrance. I say either of 'em though.
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04-24-2008, 08:18 PM #13
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Re: English vs USA phrases
lol this is a truely ridiculous thread!
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04-24-2008, 08:23 PM #14
Re: English vs USA phrases
Ok... I have a couple for you...
US => UK
Elevator => Lift
Apartment => Flat
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04-24-2008, 08:34 PM #15
Re: English vs USA phrases
to 'get tanked up' in England
to 'get tanked up' in US
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