couch, sofa, divan
 

which do you have? what are they? why?

I love these little regional language marker oddities. I use couch and sofa, interchangeably. My parents sometimes referred to them as "davenports."

I have a futon. :)

Settee.

It's really a futon with a foldable frame.

I'm not sure what it says about me that not only do I not know the difference between a couch and a sofa but that I have no freaking idea what a divan is but it sure is saying it loudly.

Is this just like the soda or pop argument?

People are arguing about soda vs. pop? I've seen a map of a national survey on that subject.

The reason I thought of this thread: last night my wife asked me to get a quilt off of "the ottoman" and I said "the footstool?" and it made me think of how my grandmother calls a couch a "divan" ... my wife said that couch to sofa to divan is a hierarchy of fanciness.

And I guess an ottoman is a fancy footstool.

"Davenport?" ... where are your folks from, Cloud?

"Settee" ... I like that one. That gives me a chuckle.

Edit: My wife says "settee" trumps "divan" in the fanciness scale.

Couch. And we call an Ottoman a Hassock.

California, by way of Kentucky and Missouri. It might just be an old-fashioned word, rather than a regional variation. they were born in the nineteen-teens.

I have interchangably, couch/sofa. More often couch, though.

Don't forget the late bloomer of the 50's, sectional.

Ah, but sectionals are so, um, done, don't you think?

lol

Sofa sounds nicer than couch. Sofa is mellifluous while couch is guttural. I've used all of these words, but then I've lived in several places.

settee or sofa. Settee is the main Brit term, I think.

Couch, but only if it is three cushions wide--the one that's two cushions wide is a "loveseat."

Second.