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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Nancy5 on November 08, 2019, 06:54:41 pm
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What do you call it, a sofa or a couch?
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Have always called it a couch but I just shopped for a new one in the store I called it a sofa. LOL :)
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Couch. I'm from the east coast not sure that makes a difference. I know some people from different regions use different terms for things.
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I've always called it a couch.
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I say couch. Sofa is a little too formal for me.
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Most of the time, I call it a Couch. I do catch myself, sometimes calling it a Sofa.
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I've always called it a couch. Sofa sounds a little too fancy (like it belongs in a parlor) :)
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I call it a couch (what my mom called it). My husband calls it a sofa (what his mom called it). Both of my kids call it a couch. My cat just calls it "Mine." :peace:
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I've always called it a couch, although I like the sound of "sofa" better.
Technically, there is a difference. A sofa has two arms, and a couch has one or none.
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It's always been a couch to me.
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I've always called it a couch, although I like the sound of "sofa" better.
Technically, there is a difference. A sofa has two arms, and a couch has one or none.
I never knew that. You learn something new everyday. :)
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We call it a Setee, we don't have room for a couch.
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I have always called it a couch. Is there really a difference?
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What is the difference?
Different names for the same thing...why?
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I like calling it a couch it seems to be a better name than sofa!
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Couch
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Either really......more likely to say sofa though......
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As long as I can remember we have called it a couch
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:in-love:
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Got curious and did a search and here's what I found:
Difference between sofa and couch
Image: homedit.com
So, whereas a couch has no arms, a sofa is characterized by two arms and a uniform back. Sofas have more seating space than couches, and thus also tend to occupy more space in places they are kept. Another difference between the two pertains to a provision of a bed inside a sofa which is never found inside a couch.
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:in-love:
:cat:
Got curious and did a search and here's what I found:
Difference between sofa and couch
Image: homedit.com
So, whereas a couch has no arms, a sofa is characterized by two arms and a uniform back. Sofas have more seating space than couches, and thus also tend to occupy more space in places they are kept. Another difference between the two pertains to a provision of a bed inside a sofa which is never found inside a couch.
You can't believe everything you find on the Internet.
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Couch when speaking. Sofa when typing. LOL To me sofa was something that was in a parlor in bigger homes. Couch is something that actually gets used.
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couch is what I use
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Couch for me. I like the sound of couch-potato better than sofa-potato.
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I call my couch a "couch"... I have a couch that makes into a bed upstairs & that one is called a "sofa bed".
Is it a regional thing to call a "couch" a "sofa" .... like calling a "soda" a "pop" or a "coke". Interesting.
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I use the two interchangeably.
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After giving this further thought, how about not using either one? When you have company just wave your hand in the right direction and say, "Have a seat",
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I call it a couch. I always thought that a sofa and a couch were the same thing. Kind of like a "pop" is the same as a "soda"...perhaps a regional thing.
Interesting to me is that I think a "Sofa table" sounds better than a "couch table"
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i have always said couch...
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A couch.
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Sofa since its more simple to say at my house rather then saying couch.
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We call it a couch.
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I favor couch but I have used them interchangeably. Is it a regional thing?
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Must be a regional linguistic pattern because I found another one:
Bureau or Chest of Drawers?
bureau
[ˈbyo͝orō]
NOUN
bureaus (plural noun)
N America
a chest of drawers.
synonyms:
cabinet · cupboard · chiffonier · sideboard
British
a writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downward to form a writing surface.
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I usually refer to it as a couch, but I have heard some older generations refer to it as a davenport. I hear sofa occasionally.
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i've always called it a couch. Honestly, I dont know if Ive ever heard anyone say sofa lol. Maybe in movies or something? ???
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I have always called it a couch, but sometimes I said sofa, don't know why.
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I call it a couch (what my mom called it). My husband calls it a sofa (what his mom called it). Both of my kids call it a couch. My cat just calls it "Mine." :peace:
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We call it couch at my house. My daughter is an interior designer and calls them couch. Occasionally she will call it a sofa, but that is usually because that is what the client is calling it.
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Always been couch for me. We don't say sofa.
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I have always called it a couch
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It is a couch at my house and all of me have had arms
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I grew up in Middle Tennessee, and it's always been a sofa to me! However, I, too, assumed that the two were interchangeable. Probably, most everyone would know what you were talking about if you used either!
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I would not prefer couch now, but in the past they were called setee....
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We have always called it a couch at my house. I think my grandmother use to call it a sofa if I am not wrong.
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I call what I have a sectional.
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I have always said cough,didnt know the difference between couch and a sofa entil i was in my twenties
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I thought they were basically the same except they have different designs.
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I usually say couch.
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The couch is more comfy for me than a sofa. Not to mention the investment in the right one could last for years t come. Buying cheap in furniture usually doesn't go well long term
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Couch because a sofa looks sounds like a very large chair/recliner.