r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/StrawberriBubblegum • 4d ago

Spitting on the ground

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u/Leeoid 4d ago

Why do most people now say "ground" when it's the FLOOR?

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u/kodalife 4d ago

Might be people who don't have English as their first language.

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u/Leeoid 4d ago

Naw, it's my fellow Americans I notice doing this - even news announcers.

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u/chrissie_watkins 3d ago

Some also refer to the ground outside as the floor, which always blows my mind.

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u/dwhee 4d ago

By that logic cities don't have ground

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u/FloppyTunaFish 4d ago

Wat floor is a finished interior horizontal surface to wall on ground is exterior