so i lit a fire

[pensnest]

Do you sit on

a couch
a sofa
a settee
something else in the same line (no fair saying 'a chair')?

Do you perceive any difference between these three things? Can you define it?

Comments

[sixbeforelunch]

A couch, generally, although occasionally a sofa.

Couches and sofas are the same thing. I’ve hardly ever heard settee used, but my brain insists that it sounds vaguely French and therefore must be fancy.

(I’m American, and while my dialect is a bit of a mixed bag, it’s primarily mid-Atlantic.)

[pensnest]

I tend to think of couch as more American and sofa as more British, which is partly why I asked, but like you I generally use the terms interchangeably. I *think* a sofa might be a bit softer. It sounds softer. Thanks!