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Title: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: kjstrukel on November 02, 2012, 06:25:16 am: I call it a couch, my parents have a sofa, and my grandparents had a davenport. What about you?
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Post by: tammypete on November 02, 2012, 06:29:39 am: I call it a couch! My parents also called it a couch!
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Post by: tin8604 on November 02, 2012, 07:29:13 am: I call the long one a couch and the short one a sofa. I have never called anything a davenport and I don't really know the difference.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: dcrotteau on November 02, 2012, 07:36:05 am: My mother used to call it the davenport, I call it the couch and my boyfriend calls it the sofa. :peace:
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Post by: bessie1111 on November 02, 2012, 08:01:51 am: Usually couch....occasionally sofa. It's funny how people use different words depending on the area of the country they are from.

I.E. purse vs. pocketbook, soda vs. pop, etc....
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: kay7 on November 02, 2012, 08:16:38 am: Sometimes divan, sometimes couch & sometimes sofa. I don't remember what my parents called them but I don't think it was davenport.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: ghunter on November 02, 2012, 08:19:46 am: We call it a sofa and sometimes we call it a couch. I don't know what a davenport is????? :dontknow:
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Post by: hawkeye3210 on November 02, 2012, 10:11:29 am: Mainly I call it a couch, but I love to refer to it as a davenport just to see what kind of reaction I can get. My grandparents were the only people I have heard call it that.
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Post by: dreamyxo on November 02, 2012, 10:38:10 am: Couch most of the time. May use sofa here and there.
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Post by: osage on November 02, 2012, 04:30:21 pm: Yeah, It is what it is. I grew up with davenports, then my folks bough a sofa in the 1950's. Then , my wife and I bought our first couch in 1962. I grew up with linoleum floors, roll up window shades, curtains, and even a Ice box. My children grew up with refrigerators, tile floors, carpeting and drapes. I had it wonderful though, for some people in this world still have dirt floors to this day!!! :heart:
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Post by: quietpal on November 02, 2012, 05:22:10 pm: I have always called it a couch and so does my parents. I have heard others call it a sofa, but I have never heard someone call it a davenport.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: kjstrukel on November 03, 2012, 04:53:06 am: I think "davenport" is a midwestern term. Lots of folks from other parts of the country have never heard of it!
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Post by: dkanofsky on November 03, 2012, 05:58:02 am: Couch. ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: ljrjess69 on November 03, 2012, 06:00:34 am: i call it a couch :bunny:
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Post by: cowgirl2116 on November 03, 2012, 06:02:50 am: Sofa
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Post by: lkeys81 on November 03, 2012, 06:12:15 am: I call it a couch.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: sarabtrayior on November 03, 2012, 06:33:28 am: I usually say sofa, but I'm sure I've used the couch terminology, but davenport? no... but now I know what a davenport is...
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: davidf938 on November 03, 2012, 07:51:24 am: Couch, or sometimes sofa.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: dodgers16 on November 03, 2012, 09:28:32 pm: To tell you the truth I have never even heard of a davenport!!!! and I don't think I ever called it a sofa....I just have always called it my couch :dontknow:
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: sgluckadoo on November 03, 2012, 10:27:25 pm: Haven't hear the term davenport in years, lol.

I alternate between couch and sofa, but am pretty sure use the term couch most frequently.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: remediagirl on November 03, 2012, 10:48:05 pm: I call it the couch. My parents called it the couch and my grandparents called it the sofa.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: annettefayeroach on November 04, 2012, 02:39:22 am: I call it a couch. I have never heard it called a davenport. That's neat.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: timandvicky1 on November 04, 2012, 06:29:24 am: All my family call it couch. I have known people around us to call it a sofa but not very often.
Title: Re: Couch, sofa or davenport -- what do you call it
Post by: bigfoot951 on November 04, 2012, 09:26:08 am: This is interesting. I don't know if it a generational thing or if people just call it different things in different regions of the country. kind of like cola, coke, pop, whatever. I have never even heard it called a davenport, but I call it a couch myself.