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

[corvidology]

I would use them interchangeably but I usually use 'couch' and sometime, sofa.

My grandmother used settee all the time but it looked like a couch to me. :D

I had an Australian colleague who called it a 'lounge' and the room it was housed in was the 'lounge room.'

[pensnest]

A 'lounge' is interesting, and not one I've come across before, though 'lounger' would - for me - be a chair which extends to a semi-recumbent position. Thanks!