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33. I spent most of my childhood

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 03:09 AM

Nov 2015

in the NE and I heard Sofa, Davenport, Divan and couch back in the late 50s to mid sixties. It seemed to depend on the style and size and maybe which room it was in. A Davenport, in our house, was a hide-away kind of thing where a divan was more like a fainting couch and sofa and couch seemed to be determined by it's fabric quality and room it was in with couch being the more casual of the two.

Could be different, I'm going on a memory from quite some time ago. Now, I don't have one of those things.

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sofa, couch, davenport... [View all] Kali Nov 2015 OP

settee Skittles Nov 2015 #1

and divan! Kali Nov 2015 #7

Forgot about these two. n/t Paper Roses Nov 2015 #13

our sectional had a divan fizzgig Nov 2015 #41

Sofouchenport pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #2

I'd say couch, but JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #3

no one's ever called me a sofapotato... Phentex Nov 2015 #4

Growing up we called it a davenport MrsMatt Nov 2015 #5

good point Kali Nov 2015 #6

Growing up we used chesterfield now its sofa though snagglepuss Nov 2015 #11

From the Cambridge dictionary: malthaussen Nov 2015 #34

My GP's on My Mom's Side Said Davenport ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #35

"Well, I'm going to the couch now... " Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2015 #8

Couch (nt) bigwillq Nov 2015 #9

I say couch now, but frogmarch Nov 2015 #10

Love these regional variations. How about: Paper Roses Nov 2015 #12

Or Coke KamaAina Nov 2015 #17

Same Down South. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #20

Still does! mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #23

Ha. Better you than me. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #24

We're vacationing in NOLA right now mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #28

Love to visit NOLA, too. Laffy Kat Nov 2015 #30

We will... mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #31

Or Southern Illinois, murielm99 Nov 2015 #36

soda when on my sofa...New England thing? CTyankee Nov 2015 #44

I had a Canadian-born uncle who always called it a davenport. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2015 #14

DogsOtherBed. nt magical thyme Nov 2015 #15

Futon trof Nov 2015 #16

Tad confused. Aerows Nov 2015 #18

midwest - iowa - here rurallib Nov 2015 #19

"Other" -- Usually I say "couch," but sometimes "sofa" slips out of my mouth. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #21

My husband calls our sofa, "The 96 inches of nappy goodness"... MerryBlooms Nov 2015 #22

Usually it was a couch mentalsolstice Nov 2015 #25

Other: Recliner, either La Z Boy or Flexsteel NightWatcher Nov 2015 #26

Changed my vote to nap. Ptah Nov 2015 #27

My grandmother always called it the Davenport. mackerel Nov 2015 #29

Mine, too. That's why I picked that! Iris Nov 2015 #37

I'm thinking it goes something like this Mnpaul Nov 2015 #32

I spent most of my childhood 2naSalit Nov 2015 #33

What, are we going to start punting on third down now? underpants Nov 2015 #38

Anybody who calls the object anything but a "sofa" is simply uncivilized. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #39

Couch. Tipperary Nov 2015 #40

i usually say couch fizzgig Nov 2015 #42

The Place That My Father Passed Out On Sir Edmund Nov 2015 #43