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

[pensnest]

I *think* I used to call my possessions sofas (still do, really) but have become accustomes to 'couch' (a word which is beginning to look meaningless after all this repetition) through writing in an American fandom, so I've always thought couch leans towards American and sofa towards British. I'm sure you are right that there is a U word, though! Cheers.

[wenchpixie]

FWIW I definitely think of Sofa as an English thing, but I couldn't tell you why!