My parents, who were second generation Eastern/Central European immigrants, always referred to the thing we had in our living room as a "settee". My understanding was that a "settee" didn't fold out to be used as a bed the way a couch might.
We also had a "sofa" where the same cussioned surface you would sit on was folded out to make a bed, as opposed to a couch where you might remove the seat cushions. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 08:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms Ah, That is interesting. I understood that chesterfield was a more or less uniquely Canadian term. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] terms > Dale: all: > > Settee is used in Australia. > A chesterfield, over here, is what was described as a davenport earlier in > this thread. > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jewel Blanch > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > I have never heard anyone use the word: settee, or though posh people > might, but I don't frequent dem soicles, so how would I know? > Sofa or couch is the general term. > Oh, from the description, I think that I own a davenport! > > Jewel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > > In many places here in Canada we also refer to it as a chesterfield. I am > not aware of that term being used anywhere else. > > I have never heard the term Settee outside of Britain but I expect it is > used in New Zealand and Australia. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jewel Blanch > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:52 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > Thanks for the clarification David, but there must be others on the list > who are confused too for > they said that sofa, settee, couch and davenport were names for, > virtually > the same piece of > furniture. > > Jewel > > ----- > From: "David W Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:37 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > Jewl: > > No, a davenport is a sloping writing desk with various draws, grab holes > etc > in it. > Typical of the sort that were used in banks of old. > I have a nice one on my landing here about 1920 made of French Walnut. > The spreaders are curved to accommodate a round stool which was typically > used with them. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jewel Blanch > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > I think that a davenport differs from a settee, sofa or couch in that it > is > a box in which books etc can be stored with a liftup padded lid that is > used > as a seat! > > Jewel > > ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] terms > > And if memory serves me, my grandparents who lived in Ohio called a > couch a davenport and where that comes from is beyond me. > > On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Victor Gouveia wrote: > > > Hi Tune Collector, > > > > In terms of a sedan, it is a car with four doors or more, likewise, > > a coupe > > has only two doors to it. > > > > Just for FYI, a hatchback is a car with two or four doors, but with > > a door > > that opens up in the rear of the car, either up, like a dove's wing, > > or out, > > like a regular door. > > > > Most mini-vans these days have an open dove's wing type door in the > > back, > > similar to a hatchback, just to give you an idea of what a hatchback > > door > > looks like. > > > > IN terms of a sofa, couch, settee and such, a lot depends on where > > you live. > > > > Each of those are types of couches you can buy. > > > > Just like a Chesterfield, or a lay-Z-Boy, it all has to do with the > > way > > they're made, and the country you live in. > > > > Some couches are available in various parts of the world, like a > > sofa is > > mainly European, and a settee is mainly French, and again, it has to > > do with > > the way they're made in those countries. > > > > That's not to say you can't get these in North America, you just end > > up > > paying through the nose to get them. > > > > I guess it's the price of being chic. > > > > Victor Gouveia > > > > > > > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.4/1355 - 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