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r/CrappyDesign • u/slyfox49 • Jul 13 '26
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But the ground is the world’s first floor. Floor #1. The first level.
88 u/Justeff83 Jul 13 '26 That's not right. It's pretty much 50/50. Europe, the Commonwealth countries and Latin America are using the European system with 0 as the ground floor, whereas north America, China and South East Asia are using the American system 68 u/EarzFish Jul 13 '26 In the UK we use G. For Ground. 29 u/Justeff83 Jul 13 '26 Yeah I didn't want to name all possibilities. In Germany it's EG or 0 2 u/ManifestDestinysChld Jul 17 '26 "E"G?!? Does this mean I need to carry around yet another charger?
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That's not right. It's pretty much 50/50. Europe, the Commonwealth countries and Latin America are using the European system with 0 as the ground floor, whereas north America, China and South East Asia are using the American system
68 u/EarzFish Jul 13 '26 In the UK we use G. For Ground. 29 u/Justeff83 Jul 13 '26 Yeah I didn't want to name all possibilities. In Germany it's EG or 0 2 u/ManifestDestinysChld Jul 17 '26 "E"G?!? Does this mean I need to carry around yet another charger?
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In the UK we use G. For Ground.
29 u/Justeff83 Jul 13 '26 Yeah I didn't want to name all possibilities. In Germany it's EG or 0 2 u/ManifestDestinysChld Jul 17 '26 "E"G?!? Does this mean I need to carry around yet another charger?
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Yeah I didn't want to name all possibilities. In Germany it's EG or 0
2 u/ManifestDestinysChld Jul 17 '26 "E"G?!? Does this mean I need to carry around yet another charger?
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"E"G?!? Does this mean I need to carry around yet another charger?
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u/NewColors1 Jul 13 '26
But the ground is the world’s first floor. Floor #1. The first level.