Talk:Loveseat

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With Couch, any thoughts?

†he Bread 02:37, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That idea's already been downvoted once. While in American English, they are essentially the same thing ("love-seat" usually meaning "two-seat couch"), they are two very different types of furniture in Commonwealth English, where a loveseat is a unique and very specific S-shaped piece of furniture. DewiMorgan (talk) 15:07, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

= what's that "S-shape" thing? Please clarify? = useful? -> http://www.ebay.com/gds/The-History-of-the-Loveseat-/10000000177589697/g.html 109.252.61.26 (talk) 03:27, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly needs an image for illustrative, so I'll add one - the current image on the page is for the US-english use of the term, where it just means "two-seat couch". DewiMorgan (talk) 15:07, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've reworked this somewhat, separating the two definitions (2-person couch, S-shaped double seat) that were previously conflated. There remain all too few good cites. Over on List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L), it claims without citation that the two definitions are regional, US vs UK, but while that's certainly correct according to my own experience, I can't find any significant sources to back it up, and in fact both Oxford and Webster's dictionaries define "loveseat" just as having two seats, without addressing seat orientation at all.

So I am proposing doing one of the following:

1) split this page as a disambiguation page, directing both to

, and moving any salvageable content from here into the relevant linked pages.

2) merge to - merge this page into

.

3) merge from - merge

courting bench

into this one, as the arguably larger topic. There's potentially scope here to become an encyclopaedic page in itself, covering the history of the term "loveseat" and the areas of crossover between the two types. But it would take some digging to find that, and I don't feel I'm qualified (or, let's face it, interested) enough to do it.

DewiMorgan (talk) 18:51, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

split - My own vote, as I don't feel there's enough to make this a worthwhile page describing the union of the two meanings. DewiMorgan (talk) 18:53, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge" this is a unique shape of furniture with several names that ought to be covered in a single article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]