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Kali

(55,283 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2015, 02:26 AM Nov 2015

sofa, couch, davenport... [View all]

any differences? which term do you use?

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	sofa
	6 (38%)
	couch
	8 (50%)
	davenport
	0 (0%)
	other - please discuss!
	2 (13%)
	rob
	0 (0%)
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sofa, couch, davenport... [View all] Kali Nov 2015 OP

settee Skittles Nov 2015 #1

and divan! Kali Nov 2015 #7

Forgot about these two. n/t Paper Roses Nov 2015 #13

our sectional had a divan fizzgig Nov 2015 #41

Sofouchenport pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #2

I'd say couch, but JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #3

no one's ever called me a sofapotato... Phentex Nov 2015 #4

Growing up we called it a davenport MrsMatt Nov 2015 #5

good point Kali Nov 2015 #6

Growing up we used chesterfield now its sofa though snagglepuss Nov 2015 #11

From the Cambridge dictionary: malthaussen Nov 2015 #34

My GP's on My Mom's Side Said Davenport ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #35

"Well, I'm going to the couch now... " Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2015 #8

Couch (nt) bigwillq Nov 2015 #9

I say couch now, but frogmarch Nov 2015 #10

Love these regional variations. How about: Paper Roses Nov 2015 #12

Or Coke KamaAina Nov 2015 #17

Same Down South. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #20

Still does! mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #23

Ha. Better you than me. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #24

We're vacationing in NOLA right now mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #28

Love to visit NOLA, too. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #30

We will... mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #31

Or Southern Illinois, murielm99 Nov 2015 #36

soda when on my sofa...New England thing? CTyankee Nov 2015 #44

I had a Canadian-born uncle who always called it a davenport. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2015 #14

DogsOtherBed. nt magical thyme Nov 2015 #15

Futon trof Nov 2015 #16

Tad confused. Aerows Nov 2015 #18

midwest - iowa - here rurallib Nov 2015 #19

"Other" -- Usually I say "couch," but sometimes "sofa" slips out of my mouth. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #21

My husband calls our sofa, "The 96 inches of nappy goodness"... MerryBlooms Nov 2015 #22

Usually it was a couch mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #25

Other: Recliner, either La Z Boy or Flexsteel NightWatcher Nov 2015 #26

Changed my vote to nap. Ptah Nov 2015 #27

My grandmother always called it the Davenport. mackerel Nov 2015 #29

Mine, too. That's why I picked that! Iris Nov 2015 #37

I'm thinking it goes something like this Mnpaul Nov 2015 #32

I spent most of my childhood 2naSalit Nov 2015 #33

What, are we going to start punting on third down now? underpants Nov 2015 #38

Anybody who calls the object anything but a "sofa" is simply uncivilized. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #39

Couch. Tipperary Nov 2015 #40

i usually say couch fizzgig Nov 2015 #42

The Place That My Father Passed Out On Sir Edmund Nov 2015 #43