Americanism and Canadianism
#48503 - 03/06/04 06:57 PM
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Bevvy
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What do you Brits call the big piece of upholstered furniture in your living room that everyone sits on to watch TV?
Hubby's mother was French Canadian, and she always called it a Chesterfield. I didn't understand what she was talking about, because in the U.S. a Chesterfield is a cigarette.
Here we call them couches or sofas.
What do you call them in Australia?
This is fun.
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You're right. This is fun.
We call them couches or sofas as well, and also lounges (as in "something to lounge on").
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...Hubby's mother was French Canadian, and she always called it a Chesterfield...
OHH!! Thank you Bev. I now understand a line in a Barenaked Ladies song that I never got before. 
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"we wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner"
"but we would eat Kraft Dinner"
"Of course we would, we'd just eat more" 
Do they call it Kraft Dinner in the states or is it Kraft Mac and Cheese?
MMMM, Kraft Dinner... I miss it
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We call them sofas usually. Chesterfield is an old, posh maker of furniture. It's also used to describe a style of sofas - usually leather and button-studded.
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Chesterfields!
#48897 - 03/09/04 07:31 AM
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Bevvy
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Wow -- that's really interesting stuff. I never knew it. Leather and button-studded, eh? Posh maker of furniture... interesting.....
This is fun.
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Jen and BNL
#48899 - 03/09/04 07:32 AM
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Bevvy
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WIW, I'm not at all surprised.
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Nope, it's Kraft CHEESE & Mac.
Do you know how much butter is in that stuff? OMG!
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