[Tagging] How to tag small "seating rocks"?

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Thu May 27 11:39:45 UTC 2021


On 27/5/21 7:30 pm, Guillaume Chauvat wrote:
> On 27/05/2021 10:02, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>
>> sent from a phone
>>
>>> On 26 May 2021, at 17:57, Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at gmx.at> wrote:
>>>
>>> There is little difference between benches for more than one person and
>>> seating options for a single one in the context of street furniture
>>> IMHO.
>>
>> there is significant difference between a bench (seating for several people) and a chair (seating for 1 person). A bench also raises the probability that you can lay down.
>>
>> Is it a bench? https://www.burford.co.uk/images/detailed/27/Vintage_Farmhouse_Chair_DSC_7703.jpg?t=1555056330 <https://www.burford.co.uk/images/detailed/27/Vintage_Farmhouse_Chair_DSC_7703.jpg?t=1555056330>
>
> Hi,
>
> Categories are fuzzy. How do you call something that looks exactly like a park bench, that's in a park or a street, except it's only wide enough for one person?
>
> Are the ones linked below chairs? Technically they may be, but I intuitively first categorise them as benches, because they look like benches.
> The meaning of words can overlap and vary from person to person.
>
> https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KTMK5E/barcelona-single-seat-benches-2017-c-KTMK5E.jpg
> https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/36zaxs/finnish_park_benches_for_one_person/
> https://twitter.com/humantransit/status/752021245575790592
>
>
I would call them chairs.

I would expect a 'chair' to have a back.

But a bench may not have a back. So a single person seat without a back would be a bench?
eg https://www.amazon.com/Redmon-5323-Collection-Bench-Height/dp/B008PC23QE/ref=sr_1_10?c=ts&dchild=1&keywords=Outdoor+Benches&qid=1622115337&refinements=p_n_feature_ten_browse-bin%3A9001168011&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-10&ts_id=553826

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