What do you call it?

Mel · Post by **Mel** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:03 pm

Do you say couch, chesterfield, or sofa? We always say couch. My Dad's parents at least used to say chesterfield, but I'm not sure if they still do or not.

Agent3xq · Post by **Agent3xq** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:28 pm

Yeah we call it couch most of the time, but sometimes sofa. I've never even heard of the term "chesterfield" before

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:28 pm

Chesterfield, of course.

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:32 pm

A chesterfield is a cigarette or a town in england. Not a couch. Your family is mentally insane.

Fei · Post by **Fei** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:38 pm

lol, I say couch, I've never heard of a Chesterfeild....

Post by **Catspaw** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:23 pm

I say couch in general, or maybe, every now and then, sofa. Yay for couches! $\:D/$

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Applesauce · Post by **Applesauce** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:38 pm

I almost always say Couch. I rarely say Sofa, and I've never said Chesterfield.

Although, that is an interesting idea... $\:D/$

beka8910 · Post by **beka8910** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:41 pm

most of the time I say couch but a lot of the time my dad says sofa

COWBOY OF TEXAS · Post by **COWBOY OF TEXAS** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:50 pm

Couch, truly.

Xiao wrote:A chesterfield is a cigarette or a town in england. Not a couch. Your family is mentally insane.

http://www.chesterfield-sofas.de/

PWNED!

And an apology is in order, Xaio. Because they call something by a name that is not often used, that makes them insane? Maybe ignorant, but not insane.

-Cowboy

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:52 pm

COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:Couch, truly.

Xiao wrote:A chesterfield is a cigarette or a town in england. Not a couch. Your family is mentally insane.

http://www.chesterfield-sofas.de/

PWNED!

And an apology is in order, Xaio. Because they call something by a name that is not often used, that makes them insane? Maybe ignorant, but not insane.

-Cowboy

Um, that's a brand of sofas / couches, not a global term for sofas / couches itself. That's like calling all cars Toyotas.

COWBOY OF TEXAS · Post by **COWBOY OF TEXAS** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:59 pm

Xiao wrote:
COWBOY OF TEXAS wrote:Couch, truly.

Xiao wrote:A chesterfield is a cigarette or a town in england. Not a couch. Your family is mentally insane.

http://www.chesterfield-sofas.de/

PWNED!

And an apology is in order, Xaio. Because they call something by a name that is not often used, that makes them insane? Maybe ignorant, but not insane.

-Cowboy
Um, that's a brand of sofas / couches, not a global term for sofas / couches itself. That's like calling all cars Toyotas.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chesterfield

It was named after the Earl of Chesterfield.

Dictionary.com wrote:ches?ter?field? [ches-ter-feeld] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a single- or double-breasted topcoat or overcoat with a fly front and a narrow velvet collar.
2. a large, overstuffed sofa or divan with a back and upholstered arms.
3. Chiefly Canadian. any large sofa or couch.

Dictionary.com wrote:Regional Note: Chesterfield, a term for a sofa, especially a large one with upholstered arms, was probably brought down from Canada, where it is common. In the United States, it was largely limited to the trade region of San Francisco in northern California. According to Craig M. Carver in American Regional Dialects, the word probably comes from the name of a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield and originally referred “specifically to a couch with upright armrests at either end.” It appears to have come into use in Canada around 1903 and in northern California at about the same time.

-Cowboy

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:10 pm

It's like calling all brands of tissues Kleenex!

WHO WOULD IMPOSE SUCH THINGS UPON HUMANITY!!!!!!

WINDSHEAR · Post by **WINDSHEAR** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:38 pm

it's... odd, that's for sure.

I mostly call them couches, and occasionally sofas, like most other users here.

Aelwyn · Post by **Aelwyn** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:59 pm

I say couch.

As does the rest of my family.
I've never heard anyone say, "I'm going to go sit on the chesterfield."

Mel · Post by **Mel** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:24 pm

The Top Crusader wrote:It's like calling all brands of tissues Kleenex! WHO WOULD IMPOSE SUCH THINGS UPON HUMANITY!!!!!!

We do that nearly all the time. $\:D/$

And thanks for the defense, Cowboy.

Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:35 pm

Both couches and sofas.

Lord_Kappa · Post by **Lord_Kappa** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:02 pm

Couch. How bland?

I'm going to start calling them Chesterfields to add spice and flavor to my life. $\:D/$

Linne · Post by **Linne** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:03 pm

Couch all the way! Yay!

Ha, that rhymed! $\:D/$

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:14 pm

Hey, you're a poet, and you didn't even know it. Yay for incredibly cheesy lines... $\:D/$

I call them couches.

WINDSHEAR · Post by **WINDSHEAR** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:14 pm

sheesh.. 100% of us favor couches...

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