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DannoBoone

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OK, in the winter, the wife and I watch waaay too much TV, much
of it on Investigation Discovery. A few years ago, I noticed
commentators using the term "on the ground" when a body was
lying on a floor.....2d story, 3d story, etc., still "on the
ground". Then I noticed local news and police using the same
term under the same circumstances. It wasn't that many years ago
when "the ground" meant terra firma, where the dirt lies and
grass grows.

So, if ya know, please enlighten me. Has this country gone
totally stupid with the term, or is there actually a logical
reason for what seems to be a misuse of the term??
 
in the UK, the floor means anything you walk on. the street, the sidewalk, the floor inside a building, the grass in a yard, if you're down on it you're on the floor.

and when talking about floors inside a building, what we call the 2nd floor is their first floor, as our first floor is their ground floor LOL

so what you're seeing may be influenced by a different culture?
 
When talking electrical speak in UK..."earth" is "ground". So when grounding a wire somewhere on the chassis of a car, that wire goes to "earth".
Does that count?
 
Originally Posted By: Stu Farishso what you're seeing may be influenced by a different culture?

You mean like PC culture? So much of that is like "monkey see -
monkey do". Sure would like to find out the origination and
purpose of it.
 
i'm thinking more of the impact of globalization. so much of our news is simply a repeating of what was originally done, so if one reporter writes it that way it will just be echoed around the planet.
 
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