Use of the word "floor" instead of "ground"

I ve never heard anyone call the ground the floor Nite to self must pay more attention

Yes me too!!!

I'm so glad things like floor/ground don't bother me. I truly believe my life is happier for it.

fifeywifey

When someone on the television describes a fall or collapse by someone in an outdoor setting they say "he/she just fell to the floor". If it's outside the word is "ground"! This irks me.
I should really change my user name to "Grumpygran".

Both floor and ground are Old English words with Germanic roots.

The Dutch version of floor means a flat surface; German flat land (land is ground, right?)

Shrugtastic ?

Kali2

I am constantly amazed at the things that irks people.

I thought Pedants' Corner was the equivalent of Soop's Kitchen, a safe haven, where we are able to post freely about our grammar irks, or is it grammatical irks? I wouldn't want to get it wrong.

grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-floor-and-ground

There is the ocean floor too.
So glad we have le sol in French - soil, ground, surface and floor. ?

Mamie

There is the ocean floor too.
So glad we have le sol in French - soil, ground, surface and floor. ?

Et le plancher ?

Et par terre (earth) - on the ground?

MayBeMaw

Mamie

There is the ocean floor too.
So glad we have le sol in French - soil, ground, surface and floor. ?

Et le plancher ?

That must lead to some confusion! Context is the key!

I'm loving this.

I deliberately wind my family up by saying sur la plage instead of on the floor. Yes, I know it means on the beach.

I always used to use le plancher, but swiftly realised that most of my neighbours talked about le sol. (When we moved to our first French village there was one house with an earth floor).

But le plancher des vaches can mean dry land. ?

What about my pelvic floor? As that’s ‘indoors’ I suppose that’s right. Shame it’s not pelvic ground or I’d have it dug up and re laid. ?

Doodle, that's just floored me ?

Here in Oz a lounge is a sofa. Sitting room is lounge room. I hate both!

I remember when 'lounge' became the in- word. It was during the 1930s. My parents said "drawing room" and my mother made fun of 'lounge' by saying it was the wall in our house people leaned against when they were using the phone.

Elspeth45

Here in Oz a lounge is a sofa. Sitting room is lounge room. I hate both!

Oh yes, that confused me.
A friend of DD's said she had a new lounge.
When we went to visit I expected to see an extension to the house.

Oh now you've done it...
UK - we call it ground floor, because it's on the ground but Americans call it first floor - GRRRR!!
I've found myself lately calling my cushions pillows, Americans again!
Soil is dirt, dirt is soil although I think dirt refers to dusty, dry soil.
I was also brought up to refer to it as a sitting room as the lounge was a waiting area in an airport - but I'm not in the NE anymore, so it's a lounge! Lol
This fairly recent fad of saying things like, "Joe Bloggs dies!"
Oh, he does it more than once? How inconsiderate of him. No, "Joe Bloggs DIED!"
Fifeywifey, I'm always shouting at the telly. "Boris, get a decent barber!" "Get your hands out of your pockets and stand up straight!" "Couldn't afford the material for a whole dress?"

Marydoll

Kali2

I am constantly amazed at the things that irks people.

I thought Pedants' Corner was the equivalent of Soop's Kitchen, a safe haven, where we are able to post freely about our grammar irks, or is it grammatical irks? I wouldn't want to get it wrong.

grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-floor-and-ground

Irk as a noun? Cheeky!

Oldnproud

Marydoll

Kali2

I am constantly amazed at the things that irks people.

I thought Pedants' Corner was the equivalent of Soop's Kitchen, a safe haven, where we are able to post freely about our grammar irks, or is it grammatical irks? I wouldn't want to get it wrong.

grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-floor-and-ground

Irk as a noun? Cheeky!

Testing the waters! ?

Oldnproud, you are on the ball!

However, if I needed to explain my word choice in using irk as a noun, I could justify it by saying that, anything is acceptable in the world of creative writing. ?

I believe that as a pedant, I may have double standards!

I think I might have to adopt "irk" as a noun. Close to jerk but less aggressive ?

Oh you are clever Baggs.
I hope you and your family are well!

Irksomeness?
In a state of being irked?

Well, all this could get me in a state ?

Saying floor when you mean ground is an irk.