Talk:Porch sitting

"porch sitting" expression, not to be taken literally
Porch sitting is not just about sitting on a porch. Its about the socialization which is referred to by many reliable sources already found, as "porch sitting". A porch in the back of the house is called a deck, having the same purpose. It is also called a veranda, whose Wikipedia article even says "A veranda or verandah is a roofed opened gallery or porch."  D r e a m Focus  13:51, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * We in no way can make that assumption. Socializing on a porch should go under porch, this should be about porch sitting.--Yaksar (let's chat) 13:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you honestly believe that "porch sitting" is just the act of sitting while on a porch? Read some of the news articles about it.   D r e a m Focus  14:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * is correct. See the article as it is now (as you may well have done in the past seven years, sorry!) and the sources. "Porch sitting" ≠ "sitting on a porch". --Thnidu (talk) 18:11, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Informal merge discussion

 * Anyone interested please see:


 * Talk:Porch concerning the possible consolidation of articles such as
 * Screened porch,
 * Sleeping porch,
 * Veranda and this article into:
 * Porch

not in linguistics
§ In popular culture says
 * "Porch-sitters" form a recognized group in marketing, literature, and linguistics.

The last of these interested me, as a linguist, so I looked at the reference, which I have filled in here from the sketchy one that was in the article:

That certainly doesn't sound like a "recognized group", or a term of art of any kind, at least not in my field. And this is the only occurrence of "porch" in the review. Consequently I have removed the mention of linguistics. --Thnidu (talk) 18:43, 23 November 2017 (UTC)