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A lot of the discussion in this thread should really be clarified whether it’s english specific, or trying to cover everyone.
I’m not trying to argue languages should be changed based on usefulness, but that english not having a ground level distinction is not a problem. The ‘floor’ double meaning is silly, but I was pushing back on it needing to have a word for elevated levels.
One system for the entire world wouldn’t work unless the way we talk about floor numbers were as decoupled from language as phone numbers, but as long as I can still mock the british I’m good.
If you want to mock someone for numbers, look into what the french are doing