{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Interior Design Ideas For Your Home","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.furnitureinfashion.net\/blog","title":"Settee, Sofa or Couch? UK Regional Usage Mapped From 5,000 Survey Responses - FIF Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xOf4KvQLYX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furnitureinfashion.net\/blog\/settee-sofa-or-couch-uk-regional-usage\/\">Settee, Sofa or Couch? UK Regional Usage Mapped From 5,000 Survey Responses<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furnitureinfashion.net\/blog\/settee-sofa-or-couch-uk-regional-usage\/embed\/#?secret=xOf4KvQLYX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Settee, Sofa or Couch? UK Regional Usage Mapped From 5,000 Survey Responses&#8221; &#8212; Interior Design Ideas For Your Home\" data-secret=\"xOf4KvQLYX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.furnitureinfashion.net\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.furnitureinfashion.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dumy-1024x486-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":486,"description":"Settee, Sofa or Couch? UK Regional Usage Mapped From 5,000 Survey Responses - Settee, sofa and couch describe the same piece of furniture and carry three entirely different histories: sofa from the Arabic suffah by way of Turkish and French, couch from the French coucher meaning to lie down, and settee from the English settle, a high backed wooden bench. Our 2026 report traces those journeys, explains how a neutral choice of vocabulary became a class marker through the U and non U framing popularised by Nancy Mitford in the nineteen fifties, and describes the regional tendency everyone recognises without pretending to have mapped it. We publish no regional percentages, because we ran no fieldwork and know of no citable published dataset covering these terms by UK region. What we do set out is the vocabulary that genuinely changes an order, including chesterfield, chaise, day bed and corner sofa handing. Furniture in Fashion publishes this as editorial and etymological analysis."}