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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And yes it is weird.

A bangla house was one in the Bengali style. Those were single story buildings the colonial British encountered in India.

So it became the posh way of saying "single story house" and then everyone started using it. Because it's better to say you're choosing not to build extra stories than saying you can't afford them.