PEOPLE WHO CALL THE “GROUND” THE “FLOOR” (& vice-versa)
… are CUNTS.
Could be a bit divisive this one.
Just a couple of sentences for reference, but it`s just a thing which drives me somewhat insane …
When the noun “ground” first appeared in Anglo-Saxon times (spelled grund or grunde), it referred to the bottom of something—the sea, a well, a ditch, and so on, according to the OED.
Perhaps the oldest citation is from Beowulf, an Old English epic that may have been written as early as 725: “Me to grunde geteah fah feondscaða” (“A sea fiend dragged me to the ground”).
OK, let’s have a vote — where do YOU stand? [pun intended]: Is it `floor` or` ground`? …
Nominated by : Sam Beau