I just realized today that "floor" as in 1st floor, second floor etc. actually refers to the floor you put in and walk on ... I always thought of the horizontal divisions of buildings as ceilings rather than floors. But the Up and the Down are the same and now it all makes sense. Gosh, my mind is in such a rut sometimes ... what else am I missing?

Now I wonder whether the difference in nomenclature of British "Ground Floor" vs. US "First Floor" is actually due to different building practices. If you didn't put in a suspended floor at ground level, it wouldn't count as a "1st floor" would it?

Interesting how words evolve. I definitely never thought of "1st floor" etc. as a "floor," but rather as a space or a location. It acquired a secondary meaning, I suppose.  3:48:51 PM    
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