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Originally Posted by dwndrgn To me, anything that you can sit on that is separated into individual seats is a chair. |
Oh, but in days gone by these distinctions could be of earth-shaking importance -- at least in regard to the status of the person whose nether parts were about to make contact with the seat in question. In any social setting, the difference between a chair (with a back) and a stool (no back or arms), not to mention who was allowed to sit down at all, was monumental.
In certain times and places, courtiers schemed for
years, duels were fought, plots were plotted, and virtue was bartered, all for the privilege of sitting in a chair rather than on a stool.
You don't want to get me started on the social nuances of different kinds of furniture.
(People born in late August just naturally care about that sort of thing.)