I said "post box" to my partner's mum and she just nodded along, but she had no idea WTF.
I think forest floor is a technical (-ish?) term so yes, everybody would say that. But floor to mean ground is only heard in English English
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Yeah, we say that in Cyprus too. But I think the cause is because in Cypriot Greek we only have 1 phrase (in Modern Greek this is not true).
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So when you translate one phrase that doesn't differentiate between floor and ground you end up with one word only and we chose "floor".
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In Modern Greek they have two phrases but the phrases again don't dissociate actually. One means floor (only floor) the other means both.
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*don't __doubly__ dissociate.

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It's a different language. Diglossia is really tough. They are slowly merging though, it seems. Very sad.
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Yeah, I think I'm right: http://wikipriaka.com/en/word/%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AD … Even in the translation it's apparent.
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not even British English.
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