Re: USAGE: Pop, smearcase, kolaches

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> "L. Gerholz" wrote:
> > Living in Minnesota, that seating thing in
> > the living room was any and all of "davenport", "sofa" and "couch".
>
> Funny, I'd heard "davenport" once or twice from my grandparents, but I
> always thought they meant the room, not the furniture!
I suspect that "davenport" is a Dakotas thing. I'm still living in
Minnesota, and whereas I absorbed the word from my mom, I never actually
hear it around me, and I never use it myself. I also have a vague
recollection of hearing "davenport" as being from a particular furniture
manufacturer, but I could have just dreamed that.

Laurie
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