Sofa or settee

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  1. ark

    ark104 (v2) Well-Known Member

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    Digging in to the important questions. Settee for me
     
    ark104 (v2), Jun 23, 2021
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    Couch...
     
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    sofa
     
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    Settee.
     
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    I must be bi-lingual as I use both sofa and settee depending on my mood o_O
     
    Abruzzo Red, Jun 23, 2021
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    Big flopper.
     
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    Ive been called that more than once.
     
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    North Yorks Red Well-Known Member

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    thats no way to refer to JLWBL!... well maybe :D
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    I had to google that one. Not a clue.
     
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    Both, no situation determines which one I say, it’s just whatever comes out of my mouth first
     
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    ark104 (v2) Well-Known Member

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    Is settee a South Yorkshire thing? I get mocked by people in York for not calling it a sofa
     
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    Growing up I called it a Settee, but seem to have slipped into some West Yorkshire lingo and now call it a Sofa.
     
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    Back in the 1950s, the author Nancy Mitford wrote a guide to words that were suitable for the aspiring upper class, and words that were used by the aspiring middle class. According to Mitford, the upper class tended to use simpler terms, similar to the working classes, whilst the aspiring middle class would opt for more pretentious language. In terms of sofa, Mitford suggested that ‘sofa’ was the correct term, whilst ‘couch’ and ‘settee’ were the more pompous terms used by the aspiring middle class.
     
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    we used say settee back in the day, but now its sofa
     
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    Sofa
     
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    I never get to sit on it, so I don't call it anything.
     
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