2007-03-17 00:49:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Stairs outside of a building, mainly a house, are much less in number. Inside - most staircases have about 10 - 14 "steps", while outside - mainly about 3 - 5 "steps". I'm guessing that the name for the indoor version came from Staircase which is mainly a wooden frame. Outdoors, we don't have Staircases since they are concrete and built right into the porch.
In the Bronx they call the outside stairs "Stoops".
2007-03-17 00:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anton Mathew 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's more dependent on how many there are?
If there are only a few they tend to be called steps and if there are many they are called stairs.
Most of the time there are only a few steps leading up to a house (on the outside) whereas the stairs lead from one floor to another and are usual longer.
So I would say it depends on how many steps/stairs there are?
2007-03-17 00:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by Peta G 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I call my inside steps steps and I call my outside stairs stairs. It really doesn't matter what you call them!
2007-03-17 00:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by kool aid man. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how many there are. Watch your step!
2007-03-17 01:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by Moon Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
and les escaliers in France!
2007-03-17 00:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because people are just like that
2007-03-17 01:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by prez 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋