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Sofa, settee or couch? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by DakRalter to c/ukcasual@lemmy.world

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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[-] robomuffin79@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Sofa, settee or couch? For JD Vance, it was just another Tuesday.

[-] DakRalter 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sofa/couch are regional in the US. Someone probably made a map of it.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] DakRalter 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] _spiffy@piefed.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Chesterfield but I'm Canadian lol

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago

Up there with the Dijon Ketchup.

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sofa for me, although growing up I remember my parents using both settee and couch as well.

[-] kip@piefed.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

southern, settee. it's in the front room

[-] brewery@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Skyline969@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Couch. Loveseat if it’s a two seater.

[-] DakRalter 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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?

[-] Skyline969@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yeah, I’m from Canada. Here it’s a common term.

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