Kinsao
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We use "dough" in the UK too (although it's a bit old now) and also commonly "grand" for a thousand (pounds).
We use both the words "settee" and "sofa" here (although not really "couch" often). The difference seems to be (although not set in stone) that "sofa" is a bit more middle-class whereas "settee" is more of a working-class word.
I think "for[e]night" is just a misspelling of "fortnight", because it wouldn't have the same meaning - since "fore" is a contraction of "before" and tends to mean the front/beginning of something, e.g. there is a word "forenoon" (meaning the late morning/before afternoon) which is not commonly used and only in writing.
We also have the expression "high-falutin" here.
We use both the words "settee" and "sofa" here (although not really "couch" often). The difference seems to be (although not set in stone) that "sofa" is a bit more middle-class whereas "settee" is more of a working-class word.
I think "for[e]night" is just a misspelling of "fortnight", because it wouldn't have the same meaning - since "fore" is a contraction of "before" and tends to mean the front/beginning of something, e.g. there is a word "forenoon" (meaning the late morning/before afternoon) which is not commonly used and only in writing.
We also have the expression "high-falutin" here.