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babe rocks,
Thanks for rocking in with your info. I have heard
davenport and
divan before, but I hadn't thought of the terms. As with the image I got of David Niven saying
settee, when I think of
davenport and
divan I find myself in my Great Aunt's home in Shreveport. Something of a Wm Faulkner/Tennessee Williams setting. Too, I have heard those same terms from people of Massachusetts. Interesting. First we have international terms, and now we have regional terms. This entire matter could become overwhelming. But yet, it is quite interesting. Thank you.
jack
posted by
Jack_Flash
on January 5, 2006 at 1:11 PM
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wision,
I have heard settee before. Somehow I get a mental image of David Niven saying it. Thank you for adding a bit. I hadn't thought about it before, but this couch/sofa thing could go international. Only fitting for the World Wide Web. The whole debate could end up multilingual. An interesting prospect, if a little frightening. I would certainly not want to incite some sort of international, multilingual rioting. That would be a veritable Tower of Babel.
Thank you for your input. jack 
posted by
Jack_Flash
on January 5, 2006 at 12:50 PM
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I've heard it called davenport and divan.
posted by
babe_rocks
on January 5, 2006 at 4:09 AM
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In Nottingham it's a settee.
posted by
wislon
on January 5, 2006 at 2:41 AM
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