Sofa, settee or couch?
Which word do you use?
Growing up, we used to say settee, but at some point, we switched to sofa. I'm a Londoner, but my mum was from the Midlands, so I think that was a regional thing we got from her.
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It looks strange too. Interestingly enough, I believe the stress is on the second syllable, but I sort of remember, and this was like 30 years ago, that in my house we said it with the stress on the first syllable, sounds less posh that way.
I don't think I've met any other people who call it settee outside my family years ago.
seh-TEE for the posh and SET-ee for the peasants
Proud peasant!
Sofa, settee or couch? For JD Vance, it was just another Tuesday.
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Sofa. I'll accept settee but couch sounds weird. I don't think I've ever heard anyone use it outside of American's taking the piss out of Vance.
Sofa/couch are regional in the US. Someone probably made a map of it.
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Get out.
Chesterfield but I'm Canadian lol
Up there with the Dijon Ketchup.
Sofa for me, although growing up I remember my parents using both settee and couch as well.
Sofa. Grew up on the Midlands and now living i down South. I don't think I'd be surprised if someone said settee or sofa. I would with couch for some reason, maybe it is the American way
southern, settee. it's in the front room
Couch. Loveseat if it’s a two seater.
First I ever heard the term loveseat was in Sims 2 and I thought it was just an in-game thing.
Is that actually a word used in the UK? I'm assuming you're North American from the .ca tld?
Ah yeah, I’m from Canada. Here it’s a common term.