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Old 02-01-2014, 11:56 AM
 
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I have lived here most of my life and around 1970. Couch is spoken, not usually sofa.
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Old 02-01-2014, 04:17 PM
 
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Lol davenport? What the heck I never heard if that but I grew up in Evanston briefly and then NWI
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Old 02-03-2014, 01:33 PM
 
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Couch
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Old 02-03-2014, 02:57 PM
 
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I'm writing a novel and have a character from Naperville. The year is 1970 and she's 20 years old. The question: does she say 'couch' or 'sofa'?
Depends on what her mama called it. I am serious.

On the other hand, have you ever heard of a sofa potato ?
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Old 02-03-2014, 03:22 PM
 
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I grew up in 50s when a sofa-bed became popular and pretty soon all long upholstered seats became sofas. I must not have got the hang of it as I still call them couches since they don't all make a bed. Just whatever one chooses to call it, I think.
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Old 02-04-2014, 07:08 AM
 
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Couch......with the possibility of having plastic covers.
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