Could We Please Refer to a C@&$! As a Sofa. Thank You.

[Anonymous]

There are at least three active threads on this forum discussing the type of long furniture we typically place in a formal living room, family room, or sitting area -- the purpose of which is for people to sit on -- as a "c@&$!". Could we please refer to that piece of furniture by its more polite name of "sofa" instead? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

What is so wrong with couch? How about davenport? Chesterfield?

I like my couch. So there.

[Anonymous]

sofaking right

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Sooo...let me get this straight, OP. Your mind is such, that when you see the word, "couch," you think..."cootch?" "crotch?"

OK, maybe I still don't get it. How can couch be a bad word?

[Anonymous]

Wait, what? Is this a joke?

[Anonymous]

Ummmmm a couch and a sofa are the same thing!!! I use them equally as often.

[Anonymous]

Here's what Wikipedia has to say. Since we are in North America we are allowed to use the term couch.

"The term couch is used in North America, whilst the term sofa is generally used in the United Kingdom, and lounge commonly (though incorrectly) used in Australia. The word originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche, which derived from the verb meaning "to lie down".[4] It originally denoted an item of furniture for lying or sleeping on, somewhat like a chaise longue, but now refers to sofas in general.[citation needed]

Other terms which can be synonymous with the above definition are settee, chesterfield, divan, davenport, lounge, and canapé.[2] The word sofa is from Turkish derived from the Arabic word suffa for "wool", originating in the Aramaic word sippa for "mat".[5] The word settee comes from the Old English word, "setl", which was used to describe long benches with high backs and arms, but is now generally used to describe upholstered seating.[6]"

[Anonymous]

Couch
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[Anonymous]

Sofas are more formal with arms. Couches are smaller with one or no armrests. But in modern English, they are used interchangeably.
I have no idea why OP put the word couch in symbols like it is a cuss word.

[Anonymous]

Sofa is so déclassé

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sofas are more formal with arms. Couches are smaller with one or no armrests. But in modern English, they are used interchangeably.
I have no idea why OP put the word couch in symbols like it is a cuss word.

No way. In my mind they are identical. One isn't more formal or casual.

I think from now on I'm just going to use COUCH in threads to piss the OP off.

[Anonymous]

COUCH
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COUCH

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sofas are more formal with arms. Couches are smaller with one or no armrests. But in modern English, they are used interchangeably.
I have no idea why OP put the word couch in symbols like it is a cuss word.

No way. In my mind they are identical. One isn't more formal or casual.

I think from now on I'm just going to use COUCH in threads to piss the OP off.

Personally, I dont care if you call it a sofa or couch. Most people use the words to mean the same thing.
That said, historically, as a PP pointed out, couch comes from couche, to lay down. It was made for women in tight fitting corsets to be able to relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, what? Is this a joke?

+1

I don't get it. What's wrong with "couch"?