more random inquiries
 

--what do you call that piece of living room furniture you sit on? A couch? sofa? davenport? divan?

--what do you call fizzy sweet drinks like Coca Cola? a soft drink? soda? pop? sodapop?

--do you put an "s" at the end of toward? i.e., "towards"?

Sofa
Soda
No

Sofa
A fizzy drink. Frequently the Scots refer to it as "ginger", though.
Towards.

1 Settee
2 Fizzy drink (though as Limey says, most folk around here call it 'Ginger')
3 Towards

couch
soda
tords

couch and sofa both

soda

toward or towards depends on plurality of context....

your cars are pointed toward the finish line

your car is headed towards the finish line

Couch/sofa
It's a Pepsi (that's what I drink), generically--it's a soda
Toward

Chair

Soda( soft drink sometimes about equal with refresicas)

Depends on context

couch

soda (but usually "that crap")

tords

Couch, Soda, Torsades

Couch

Pop

Depends on context

(But NEVER add an S to anyway. Just don't.)

To me, it's not the plurality of the subject, but whether there is movement. So I'd agree with both your example sentences: because toward means a certain direction while towards means actually moving in that direction. (To me, anyway--I'm not saying there's a grammatical rule about that...)

couch

pop

two swords.

you may be onto something there. I noticed when i was making the example sentences that headed sounded better in the second one....

what would you say if my plane was on a treadmill flying in the direction of the finish line, but not actually moving because of the treadmill?

Bed

Breakfast

I try to avoid that word.

I'd say "Holy shit, there's a plane on a treadmill!":eek:

sofa (US) with couch as second choice. Settee (UK)

um what was the second question? oh pop (US) fizzy drink (UK)

toward/towards depends on context, it's grammatical thing not a dialect thing.

Actually, I say towards, but the s is silent.

I say "Cellar" at the moment of orgasm ...but most of the letters are silent and some have an extended pronunciation.

Sofa.
Soda.
No.

sometimes sofa, sometimes couch
soda

hmm....i don't know....:confused:

couch and sofa both

soda

over there

Couch

Soft Drink (soda to me is no sugar bubbly water type thing)

Either

What do you guys call the down/dacron filled thing thats on top of you in bed?

Doona.

I love my doona!

duvet.

but merkins call them comforters and they're a bit different

Duvet. Comforters are different.

I prefer quilts.

I grandmother used to say, Davenport. I say sofa or couch. I would call something a settee if it was a little entry way thing or some other small type sofa. The kind you look at but never want to sit on unless you are swooning. :P

Interesting that I bought a duvet cover to put on my comforter. I bought a quilt for the patchwork design.

I go toward unless someone comes towards this way.

I drink soda pop.

What covers the duvet?

a duvet cover.

Sofa (John Betjeman taught me not to say settee)
Soft drink if out, fizzy drink at home
Towards

And yes, a duvet goes on the bed, in a duvet cover.
But quilt is often used to mean the same.
And in most places, duvet is pronounced DOO-vay. Although I did know a lad from the West Country who called it a JEW-vay. But then he said tuth-brush as well.

Haggis!

A "jew-vay"?

Oi vay.

ButButBut...If the duvet cover covers the comforter, the duvet cover also covers the duvet??? See, now I'm confrused?:3_eyes: The duvet cover is naked!

right. nekkid. does that disturb you?

I call mine a comforter, and I put a duvet cover on it. Sometimes, but they're usually too big and flop around and annoy me.

Oh, no, I'm fine with that...It's just that...well, you know...naked and all, it might get cold...