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(I'm not making this a regular thing, don't worry).

I used to say sitting room, but like settee, at some point I switched over to living room. I'm a Londoner, but had a Midlands mum.

Following on from the other post, I think if you say settee, you probably say sitting room. If you say sofa, you probably say living room or sitting room . Lounge definitely goes with couch.

Which term do you use, what region are you in/from? I'm not counting front room, because that's a separate thing imo. The front room is the good room, or "the parlour" if you're posh.

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[–] leraje@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where did you get that pic of my nan's house from?

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 day ago

From your nan's house.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 day ago
[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago
[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago

I'm originally from London and my parents would always say living room and sofa.

My boyfriend's mum refers to one room in her house as a sitting room, and another as a living room. I can never remember which is which, despite living in that house for a number of years.

[–] undeadotter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 22 hours ago

Grew up in the north-west, in a two-up, two-down and it was always the front room. When I was little it was synonymous with living room for me. I only realised it was not the same thing when my gran got annoyed with me for calling her living room the front room (she lived in a bungalow and the living room was at the back of the house). Nowadays still call it the front room back home, even though we moved house when I was 10 and it's no longer technically at the front. But anywhere else I'd say living room. And it's always been a sofa.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why do you keep the buttplug on the telly

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 15 hours ago

It's your granddad's ashes.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

The tubes keep it warm, obviously.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why, where are you supposed to keep it?

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swap it with the spider plant so it gets more light

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

[–] vext01@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Turn on the tele. Big breakfast is on. Egg on your faaaaace.

[–] waz@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don’t think that room could shout ‘30’s built 3bed semi, decorated in the 60s’ any louder