Today I climbed up the staircase from the Ground Floor in a department store. I was greeted with the news that I was now on the 1st Floor, which of course was a lie. Any logic will tell you the Ground Floor is really the 1st floor (unless you include the basement, in which case the 1st floor is really the 3rd...) Conventions are strange.
Edward VIII abdicated to marry Mrs Simpson. Except that he wasn't Edward the Eighth. He was Edward the Ninth.
An octave higher means 8 notes higher, but it's only 7.
Similarly, the French believe in the 8 day week and the 15 day fortnight.
Edward VIII abdicated to marry Mrs Simpson. Except that he wasn't Edward the Eighth. He was Edward the Ninth.
An octave higher means 8 notes higher, but it's only 7.
Similarly, the French believe in the 8 day week and the 15 day fortnight.
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