RE: [Cz-L]Parter

I too got..and still get...confused when some countries call the ground
floor the"First" floor and the 2nd floor 1st floor etc!! Cornel

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[mailto:bounce-78300344-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of HARDY BREIER
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 5:54 AM
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Subject: [Cz-L]Parter

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  In old Czernowitz most buildings were one story houses
 or what we called " Parter " - from the French : par terre.
  Close to the earth.
  The next floor was first floor when it actually was second.
   We lived second floor which actually was third.
   Why was it so ?
     Tradition - Parter always stays Parter .
  " Ich wohne Parter !"

Hardy
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