In your country, how you call the street level?
In Chile, floor one or first floor is the street level and the second floor is the one above and so on.
In Mauritania the floor 0 (zero) is the street level and the first floor is the one above. Similar in Argentina, where it is also called “Planta baja (PB)” (ground floor) to the street level.
These little things are very surprising when you see them for the very first time and they teach you that you can not assume that what you know is universal.
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In the UK the ground floor (street level) is historically called the ground floor, or just ground. But over the past 40-50 years the American system has gradually been adopted on some buildings. Street level is First floor. Also for some buildings on a slope with two entrances things can get a little confusing when entrances are at different levels. You will also find buildings marked as Lobby or reception for where people enter. Or lower ground floor entrance. or even mezzanine entrances are on some buildings. Basically the UK is now a mis-mash of different systems.
It has become so bad that inside lifts the EXIT level button is marked with in a different colour for fire escape purposes etc. Otherwise you can, and often did in the past, go up and down in a lift looking for the correct entrance level.
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In Mauritania, the floor 0 (zero) is the street level and the first floor is the one above. Similarly in Argentina, where it is also called “Planta baja (PB)” (ground floor) to the street level.
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Exactly!
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