SJ Longthorne

I bet this is one of those British vs American differences. For me, a living room is the same as a sitting room, and both are not a dining room.

In Britain, the term used varies according to geography, class, and age. I believe "sitting room" is more common in the North, and "living room" in the south, but the term my family uses is "lounge". We're lower-middle Midlanders, and we also say "sofa" instead of "settee".

Devon here My family used living room. I grew up working (bordering lower-middle) class.

My parents both grew up working class, but by the time I was in my teens, we were lower-middle. My language might be slightly different from that of the average East-Midlander owing to the fact that Dad was a Kiwi. We still say "crook" for "ill", but mostly amongst ourselves.

That’s so interesting! A lot of people when I was growing up called me posh because our extended families were a lot better off, and my parents were both raised to speak that way, though we ourselves didn’t have much.

I've been called posh all my life. I've never had a Leicester accent despite growing up among kids who did, and I can't even do a passable imitation. I've been mistaken for a Kiwi (technically I am), Dutch, Danish, South African and German, all by my fellow Brits.