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Difference between First floor (UK) and First floor (U.S.)

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first floor (UK)—the floor immediately above the ground floor:

  • Roos and Paul live on the first floor (that’s the second floor to us Americans).

first floor (U.S.)—the ground floor (more or less on a level with the ground outside):

  • The Museum Shop is on the first floor next to the entrance.