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My building growing up had a ground floor and first floor. Some buildings in NYC use the ground floor/first floor format.

The floor on street level—whether ground or first—is called the lobby.

Doesn’t geezer mean something besides an older man in the UK?
Here it’s the same as codger.

Yeah, a geezer is a name for a man ( doesn't have to be a duffer or codger ) but is often used with certain characteristics. Characteristics can differ i.e. dodgy geezer , sound geezer etc

My daughter has been fortunate and visited the UK and she mentioned there is a rivalry between the north and the south.
Sort of like here in a way.

An "old geezer" is a curmudgeonly type of old man in the US. It's not often used when referring to women.

It's not used much amongst people of the Millennial generation.

I'm not sure how localised this is but the opposite ( sex ) of a duffer is a gripper

A "lad" equals "boy" in American.

And a "bloke" equals a "guy" in American.

So the age cutoffs are the same for the equivalent terms.

Lol So would a overly frisky gripper be a slapper gripper?
Biddie is what older ladies are called here.

Never heard that combo but why not

We have biddies too

Most of the things people say in the US is also said in Canada but we also use some words from the UK. I feel like all I do is tell people in the UK that I'm not American and people in the US that I'm not British.

No wonder the world is the hot soupy mess that it is People can't even tolerate how different cultures say or spell anything.

Can't 'guys' also include females in American parlance?

Yes,usually in groups.Also it used to be a potato chip brand whose slogan was “Don’t forget the Guys.”

Most of the time, a "guy" is a male.

But, if men and women are hanging out in a mixed group, they are all considered "guys."

I used to hear "old biddie" when I was a kid. It meant a nasty old person.

We say “Ya’ll”instead of “You guys.”Really old people would sometimes use “you’uns” but that’s hardly ever heard anymore.Sometimes a group of men can be called boys.

This different even in the UK

Morning meal - Breakfast

Midday ish meal - Lunch ( although is was dinner time in school )

Evening Meal - Tea

For us in New York:

Morning meal: either Breakfast or Brunch

Noon meal: lunch

Evening meal: dinner or supper (more often supper when I was younger; then dinner when I got older).

Soda shops were sometimes called "Luncheonettes."