And the stairs called flights?
2007-04-16 17:44:08 · 7 answers · asked by Pete 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I've heard that the various levels of a building are called "stories" because some centuries ago each level displayed a series of tapestries depicting a separate narrative, or story. Eventually then each floor came to be known as a "story" itself.
2007-04-17 08:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those words to not mean the same thing. But even if they did, many words mean basically the same thing. So you could ask this question thousands of times.
The word flight is a more discriptive than stairs, it means the stairs between stories.
2007-04-16 18:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by Gatsby216 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are not called stories. They are called storeys. Different word, different spelling.
'Flight' is just the collective noun for stairs or steps.
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2007-04-16 23:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stories comes from history so probably they're implying that on those floors history has been made... flights which comes from fly could imply that with those stairs you could fly to places and stories (thus histories/times)... just extrapolating.
2007-04-16 17:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
why are floors called floors and stairs called flights?
2007-04-16 17:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by iluvhipos 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I vaguely remember there being a French derivation for this noun but can't remember what it is. I think the correct spelling is storey (storeys - plural) as opposed to stories (tales).
2007-04-16 23:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by p g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, no good answer, but certainly thought-provoking!
Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
2007-04-16 21:02:12 · answer #7 · answered by Sandy M 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋