Living room / Sitting room / Lounge? Sofa / Settee?

[adamadamum]

I am not sure if I am posting in the correct place, but I am curious as to what you call yours! And what does the name they give for each, say about a person? Thanks!

living room or front room

and sofa or settee and even couch if i get really northern about it

It's a Sitting Room and sofa to some and a Living Room and settee to others.

It's a Class giveaway - allegedly.

I love these threads - they bring out the inner snob in me!

Sitting room

Sofa

Never, ever a lounge or a couch.

Living room and sofa here.

Living room / sofa

We have a TV lounge.

Living room and sofa here too.

We also have a television not a telly.

Hell hf with your James Bond name.

Do you live in an Airport?

I am very intrigued (and I ask a lot of questions).

hello gah.

So which term is for which class then? And what if you have a working class seating-item, and a middle class room? I'm sure my MIL would know the answers!

Upper class and upper middle - drawing room and sofa

Lower middle class - lounge and settee

Working class - parlour/front room and couch.

I would reckon anyway.

I say sofa and sitting room.

Am common so have just disproved myu theories above

Living room and settee here

OK.

Upper class have a Drawing Room and B&W TV's in their bedrooms

Middle Class aspire to have sitting rooms and sofas -but have to pay interest free credit at Multiyork to get the right sofa

Lower Class have living rooms and conveniently positioned street lighting to save on electricity bills

You did ask

We have a front living room and a back livingroom. The computer is in the back LR and the front one has the TV and a SUITE! (think this makes me both working class and old.)

A suite??? Wow! You know what, I don't really care what people have as long as they have a roof over their heads.

Anyone willing to start on the supper/tea/dinner malarkey?

Or the napkin/serviette kerfuffle?

My DM has Hyacinth B tendencies.

front room
sofa

Or, inspired by Granny23's nickname, how about Nan/Nanna/Gran/Granny/Grandma?

We have a living room, it is a dining room/sitting room, we have a tiny kitchen - so we are just poor.

DS (5 yrs) calls the bookcase in the hall "the library".

It's Supper in PM
Tea is a soddin' drink
Dinner is something at a smart restaurant or party

Napkin.

Trust me!

Right snobs, I used to say Lounge cos everyone else I knew did, until I was told how common I must be, so I started using Living/Sitting room, then got too lazy to be bothered.

And we have a 3 piece suite!

I hate all this snobbery!

Living room

Couch ( I thought it was Scottish not class related )

Sitting room and sofa. Because that was what I was brought up with and I never thought to change it.

We have a sitting room, in which there are two sofas. But I don't think that's a suite- you have to have an armchair for that, don't you?

And re napkins- I used to think it was 'correct' to say serviettes for paper napkins so I checked my copy of Debretts (I am terminally curious about strange things) and according to that it is napkins and ....... (drum roll) paper napkins!!

I do hate the word supper, for some reason.

And tea can also be a light repast at 4 o'clock with sandwiches and dainty little cakies.

And we have a Granny, Grandad, Grandma and Grandpa. But my GPs were Nanny and Grandad.

(Was that everything? Have I missed anything?)