Message Forum: sofa : couch

sofa : couch :: soda : pop

Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 68.32.218.102
Date: Friday, April 16, 2004, at 19:28:16

So over on my website, I've got a feature called "2 guys sitting on a sofa holding game controllers". It's a reader-written section, where anyone can enter dialogue and (most likely) it'll show up in the feature. Despite it having the word "sofa" in the title, I've been getting several entries calling the thing they're sitting on a "couch". Now I use either term when talking about a type of indoor furniture, so I really didn't care. I just changed the "couch" submissions to read "sofa", for consistency.

This is why it's odd when I find links to the feature calling it "2 guys sitting on a couch holding came controllers". I'm guessing this is a regionalism for a sofa (or vice-versa), like the whole soda/pop thing that has been discussed multiple times here. I know there are generational (and partially regional) terms for this piece of furniture -- "davenport" and "chesterfield" -- but I never considered "couch" and "sofa" regional words.

Do you use these words interchangably?

-Faux "curious" Pas

Replies To This Message

Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Gahalyn - Tue, 4/20/2004, 01:39:51
- Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - commie_bat - Tue, 4/20/2004, 06:51:04
  - Re: Studies with Chess - Kaz! - Tue, 4/20/2004, 08:34:32
    - Re: Studies with Chess - commie_bat - Tue, 4/20/2004, 08:55:23
      - Associative Memory - Sam - Wed, 4/21/2004, 05:02:53
        
        Re: Associative Memory - commie_bat - Wed, 4/21/2004, 05:57:42
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Faux Pas - Thu, 4/22/2004, 08:38:54
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Lirelyn - Sat, 4/24/2004, 07:46:57
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Howard - Sun, 4/25/2004, 17:44:16
        
        Re: Associative Memory - commie_bat - Thu, 4/22/2004, 08:44:37
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Faux Pas - Thu, 4/22/2004, 08:52:35
        
        Re: Associative Memory - wintermute - Fri, 4/23/2004, 14:17:02
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Hworad - Thu, 4/22/2004, 12:29:47
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Howard - Thu, 4/22/2004, 08:43:29
        
        Re: Associative Memory - wintermute - Wed, 4/21/2004, 11:36:01
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Don the Monkeyman - Wed, 4/21/2004, 15:25:28
        
        Re: Associative Memory - commie_bat - Wed, 4/21/2004, 18:21:39
        
        Re: Associative Memory - Howard - Wed, 4/21/2004, 11:15:24
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - LaZorra - Sun, 4/18/2004, 16:09:44
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Eric Sleator - Sat, 4/17/2004, 16:31:35
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Adam Bomb - Sat, 4/17/2004, 10:21:15
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - uselessness - Sat, 4/17/2004, 10:07:17
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Cynthia - Sat, 4/17/2004, 02:53:39
- Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Nyperold - Tue, 4/27/2004, 08:56:56
- Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Don the Monkeyman - Mon, 4/19/2004, 08:41:22
Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Grishny - Fri, 4/16/2004, 20:28:31
- Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Stephen - Fri, 4/16/2004, 22:34:26
  - Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - Wedge - Sat, 4/17/2004, 01:06:24
    - Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - commie_bat - Mon, 4/19/2004, 06:21:54
      - Re: sofa : couch :: soda : pop - LaZorra - Mon, 4/19/2004, 17:58:48

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Message:	> So over on my website, I've got a feature called "2 guys sitting on a sofa holding game controllers". It's a reader-written section, where anyone can enter dialogue and (most likely) it'll show up in the feature. Despite it having the word "sofa" in the title, I've been getting several entries calling the thing they're sitting on a "couch". Now I use either term when talking about a type of indoor furniture, so I really didn't care. I just changed the "couch" submissions to read "sofa", for consistency. > > This is why it's odd when I find links to the feature calling it "2 guys sitting on a couch holding came controllers". I'm guessing this is a regionalism for a sofa (or vice-versa), like the whole soda/pop thing that has been discussed multiple times here. I know there are generational (and partially regional) terms for this piece of furniture -- "davenport" and "chesterfield" -- but I never considered "couch" and "sofa" regional words. > > Do you use these words interchangably? > > -Faux "curious" Pas
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