Sharing the sofa with Stella. OK, This is only an occasional favorite thing. The other million days a year, Bossy is shoving Stella off to make more room for herself.
Here’s a quick fun poll, right here in the middle of a favorite thing. Do you call it sofa or couch?
Debby says
January 25, 2010 at 10:07 amCouch here and really happy when we adopted our 2 yr old HUGE Berner he was pre-trained NOT to get on the furniture. It’s bad enough sharing w/3 cats!
bobbie says
January 25, 2010 at 10:09 amCouch (but I think my MIL calls it a sofa).
GK in MI says
January 25, 2010 at 10:14 amCouch
Leslie says
January 25, 2010 at 10:17 amBoth–and sometimes divan—what? says my grandkids
Maureen in IL says
January 25, 2010 at 10:17 amboth.
AnnB says
January 25, 2010 at 10:21 amI depends on what mood I am in, who I am talking to and what I and/or others are doing on it
Martha In Kansas says
January 25, 2010 at 10:26 amSofa. But as a kid, we said divan. And my grandmother said davenport. So I ask myself, how did I get to sofa?
WebSavvyMom says
January 25, 2010 at 10:36 am–>I say both but mostly couch. I also say diet soda and not pop.
Kristi says
January 25, 2010 at 10:36 amCouch – and our weiny dog thinks it is her personal perch.
kristin @ going country says
January 25, 2010 at 10:47 amCouch. But only the newer one in the living room that was our wedding gift from my MiL. The one in the parlor that was a wedding gift for my husband’s grandmother in 1929? THAT one is ALWAYS the davenport.
History lives at Blackrock.
krg says
January 25, 2010 at 10:47 amsofa. and pop.
Kathy from NJ says
January 25, 2010 at 10:50 amMostly couch except between 1-3 pm when I call it my bed. And you certainly wouldn’t call Stella (or Bossy) a sofa potato.
Grammar Snob says
January 25, 2010 at 11:09 amMostly sofa. Sometimes couch. My Granny was known to call it a Davenport.
ojgirl says
January 25, 2010 at 11:12 amCouch. And while we’re on the subject, ‘lunch’ is ‘dinner’ and all ‘canned drinks’ are ‘coke’. Go figure.
The Great Getzby says
January 25, 2010 at 11:26 amCouch, obviously.
Linda_M says
January 25, 2010 at 11:39 amSofa!
BH says
January 25, 2010 at 11:50 amCouch. As in “Get off my couch!”
Except when saying “Share the sofa”. Sounds better.
Also, sharing the couch/sofa with Stella for a sunny afternoon nap?
Luxury indeed…
Alias Mother says
January 25, 2010 at 11:56 amCouch. My husband calls it a sofa and we fight about it. He is Southern, I am Northern, so we are convinced it’s a regional thing.
He also sings the ABC song incorrectly. True story.
Meg at the Members Lounge says
January 25, 2010 at 12:01 pmBoth. Split personality issues?
Mel says
January 25, 2010 at 12:15 pmMost usually sofa, but if I were talking to a Canadian and happened to think of it in time, I’d call it a Chesterfield to make them happy.
If you stay with us on your (no) book tour, Tuck will insist upon you giving him some lap time, but he takes up far less space that Stella.
Mel says
January 25, 2010 at 12:15 pmUm, than Stella, I meant to type. Stupid fingers.
Suzanne says
January 25, 2010 at 12:21 pmBoth.. weird. I never realized… You made me think of that. I think I call the one in the family room, covered with dogs a sofa. The one in the living room covered with something.. Couch. sofa = comfy. Couch = not so much.
p.j. says
January 25, 2010 at 12:26 pmBoth: me, more couch; DH, more sofa. Daughter: her school stuff dumping zone (the backpack does stay on the floor.
More frequently of late: “needs replacing.”
p..j.
p.j. says
January 25, 2010 at 12:27 pmThat’s the sofa, not the daughter.
p.j.
MariaV says
January 25, 2010 at 12:29 pmI use both. It all depends on my mood.
Kristina says
January 25, 2010 at 12:32 pmI say couch, Hubs says sofa, Grandma says davenport = confused kids.
GreatAunt says
January 25, 2010 at 12:32 pmWe call it a couch, but Grandma used to call it a davenport.
MidLifeMama says
January 25, 2010 at 12:34 pmCouch.
Average Jane says
January 25, 2010 at 12:39 pmWe’re couch people here.
Lauren says
January 25, 2010 at 12:43 pmSofa. And soda, for carbonated beverages. I’ve never heard of a davenport! Weirdos =P
allison in houston says
January 25, 2010 at 12:53 pmWe don’t have one by any name in the living room at the moment, and the one in the back room is called a futon, so I guess I’m out of the loop.
But, when I have one, it’s a couch. And I remember singing a camp song when I was a kid that talked about a davenport being the best sort of loveseat. (“When we sit there I can feel my heart beat! Heart Beat!”)
Little Miss Sunshine State says
January 25, 2010 at 1:03 pmCouch.
Unless I’m describing a person who spends too much time on it, then it’s Sofa Spud.
maggie says
January 25, 2010 at 1:44 pmSofa. But growing up (as a Canadian) my family called it a chesterfield. Hence the Canadian kid knock-knock joke:
– Knock, knock.
* Who’s there?
– Chesterfield.
* Chesterfield, who?
– Chester feeled my leg so I kicked him.
The Domestic Goddess says
January 25, 2010 at 1:47 pmThe name we have for it is “Place I never get to sit.”
It’s the couch to me, sofa to husband, sectional to my OCD kid.
karen says
January 25, 2010 at 2:10 pmI’ve always called it a couch except for a brief period when I worked in the furniture buying offices of a major dept store. For those 6 months I was forced to call it a sofa. Once I moved on to greener pastures I reverted back calling it a couch again.
Olivia says
January 25, 2010 at 2:16 pmCouch 9 times out of 10.
Dr. Liz says
January 25, 2010 at 2:23 pmCouch. And it seems to me that Stella should spend more of her time kicking YOU off the couch. A big dog has got to have a big comfy couch. I’m just saying….
janny226 says
January 25, 2010 at 2:24 pmCouch. We had a davenport growing up.
monica says
January 25, 2010 at 2:25 pmsleep on the couch….but sit on the sofa
Liza says
January 25, 2010 at 2:29 pmWe have a futon, on the floor to help in opening our hips –as westerners sit in chairs too much for good yoga-ing.
When friends & family come over they always ask, “is that your couch?” So I guess up here in the north we call it a couch.
Julie M says
January 25, 2010 at 2:32 pmI’m the grandma and I call it a davenport. Couch or sofa can be used but they don’t come out automatically.
Jacquie says
January 25, 2010 at 2:51 pmCouch, on which my own gigantic dog is NOT allowed.
kerry says
January 25, 2010 at 3:02 pmHere in Virginia we call ’em sofas.
Acher says
January 25, 2010 at 3:07 pmCouch and loveseat. Sofa always sounded like some kind of allergy to me. My couch and loveseat, by the way, are the personal domain of my two basset hounds. One on each, so hubby and I always have to share with at least one dog.
Kelly, The Glass Dragonfly says
January 25, 2010 at 3:09 pmI use both!!
Melissa says
January 25, 2010 at 3:12 pmI’m from Texas and I say couch. Very rarely I may say sofa.
And every carbonated beverage is a Coke. “What kind of Coke do you want?”
=)
Ruth says
January 25, 2010 at 3:14 pmBoth… living room couch and LR Sofa. Dunno why Actually
Sallie (FullTime-Life) says
January 25, 2010 at 3:25 pmSofa. My mother and dad called it a davenport. Nobody else ever knew what we were talking about.
Anna says
January 25, 2010 at 3:44 pmSettee, is that because I’m English?
Cactus Petunia says
January 25, 2010 at 3:46 pmBoth. But my dogs call it “theirs”, so I never get to use it anyway…
almudena says
January 25, 2010 at 3:48 pmi say “couch”, feel terribly unrefined, quickly excuse myself, say “sofa” and let out a huge sigh of relief.
dgm says
January 25, 2010 at 3:53 pmCouch. Definitely couch.
Bri says
January 25, 2010 at 4:01 pmCOUCH. (sorry for ‘yelling’)
Birdbrain says
January 25, 2010 at 4:22 pmCouch and soda, but as a kid my parents called it a Chesterfield and we’re native Californians. Except my grandparents moved here from Wisconsin, kinda close to Canada, eh?
Kristie says
January 25, 2010 at 4:26 pmCouch, not sofa.
Soda, not pop.
Sneakers, not tennis shoes.
Singles, not dollar bills.
Ohhh the looks you get when you move to the south and no one knows what you’re talking about half of the time.
heidig says
January 25, 2010 at 4:38 pmditto – #55
rikki says
January 25, 2010 at 4:53 pmChesterfield….it’s the Canadian in me.
Leahbear says
January 25, 2010 at 4:54 pmI usually call it the couch, but I’m sure I sometimes say sofa. My mother in law calls it the divan, with the “van” part pronounced just like the automobile, and I just think that’s the funniest thing ever.
Audubon Ron says
January 25, 2010 at 4:54 pmOh dang, what’s that smell? On no, its poofoo feet.
Nashvlkats says
January 25, 2010 at 5:10 pmHow else can one be a couch potato?
TheOtherJennifer says
January 25, 2010 at 5:31 pmCouch. As in “get your GD hairy ass off the couch”! (and that’s just to my husband…
kay says
January 25, 2010 at 6:55 pmBoth, I think. But now I’m over-analyzing. However, like some of the others, I grew up calling it a “davenport.”
NellyFrittata says
January 25, 2010 at 7:05 pmMy parents also called it a davenport. What up wit dat?
Lovelyn says
January 25, 2010 at 7:52 pmCouch
jenny says
January 25, 2010 at 8:18 pmA formal living room has a sofa, but a family room has a couch. A couch is way more comfortable than a sofa. It is for laying and watching TV, not sitting nervously next to your prom date waiting to meet your dad.
Ms. Karen says
January 25, 2010 at 9:23 pmRight now, it’s the dogs’ bed. Someday, we’ll get ourselves a new couch.
Momo Fali says
January 25, 2010 at 9:47 pmCouch. But, my grandma called it a “davenport” and I like to say that sometimes when I’m missing her. I also tell the kids to get me my “pocketbook” and then I say, “Have mercy!”
Heidi says
January 25, 2010 at 9:51 pmCouch, but when I was in second grade, a boy named Jeffrey Davenport liked me and chased me around his back yard trying to kiss me.
Victoria says
January 25, 2010 at 10:41 pmCouch.
Cupcake Murphy says
January 25, 2010 at 10:43 pmCouch.
abby says
January 25, 2010 at 11:54 pmhm. depends on who im talking too! the husband or the child? its a couch and a fridge. the parents? the davenport and the ice box 🙂
CJ says
January 26, 2010 at 12:01 amCouch. Sometimes sofa. I never heard it called a Chesterfield til I read the comments. Wow, Bossy’s blog is so educational!
Texas Susan says
January 26, 2010 at 12:41 amWe say “big couch” and “little couch” . . . because one’s big and one’s little (duh!). Everyone fights for the big couch, because the little one is too . . . well, you know.
AnnP says
January 26, 2010 at 1:24 amcouch
Rose Red says
January 26, 2010 at 2:45 amLounge!
tina de luxe says
January 26, 2010 at 4:53 amWe use both here, it’s the same in German (you probably know). But I feel a sofa is something you would have to sit more upright on, whereas you can feel free to slouch on a couch. And a sofa is prettier than a couch most of the times so I tend to call mine a sofa.
Deborah says
January 26, 2010 at 7:03 amLounge
…and Happy Australia Day!!!
Eliza says
January 26, 2010 at 6:42 pmI call mine a “couch,” but considering it’s a mid-century sectional with hairpin legs (thank the Craigslist Gods!), that might be inaccurate.