It's really funny... there are big cultural "differences" everyone knows -- like driving of right vs. left side, or whether once you walk in a building and up a flight of stairs, you're on the first floor or the second floor.
But then another one is that in some countries, every building is legally required to have a name... and in others it's not.
I'm from the US where the idea of giving a "name" to an average building seems bizarre -- it makes as much sense as giving a name to your sofa or to your mailbox. The building has an address, so what does it need a name for? (Unless it's a famous landmark or corporate skyscraper or something.)
But then I moved to Brazil and son of a gun, every building (even small apartment buildings) has a name, the same way a corporation is legally required to have a name. I still don't quite understand the reason. But it's similarly "common sense" there of course it has a name, it's a building! I suppose in the same way it's common sense that roads have names too, or something.
Just another one of these entirely arbitrary yet funny cultural differences.
But then another one is that in some countries, every building is legally required to have a name... and in others it's not.
I'm from the US where the idea of giving a "name" to an average building seems bizarre -- it makes as much sense as giving a name to your sofa or to your mailbox. The building has an address, so what does it need a name for? (Unless it's a famous landmark or corporate skyscraper or something.)
But then I moved to Brazil and son of a gun, every building (even small apartment buildings) has a name, the same way a corporation is legally required to have a name. I still don't quite understand the reason. But it's similarly "common sense" there of course it has a name, it's a building! I suppose in the same way it's common sense that roads have names too, or something.
Just another one of these entirely arbitrary yet funny cultural differences.