Watching the English: Conversation

As part of our module's work we were requested to read Fox's "Watching the english". While sometime tedious to read, it is otherwise the perfect reference for the types of work i am focusing on.

The way i understand my subject, is that one of the main elements of the Glass Wall is conversation. Even though I've been now living in this country for nearly 3 years I often find myself at loss when it comes to random chat with a British guy of my age.
So K. Fox comes up with a detailed analysis of random conversations and look at the rules that rules them. It is sometime a tad bit too deep away in her own professional field for us to understand, but she otherwise comes up with great example such as this social marker:
Do you say:

• A settee in the lounge
• A couch in the living room
• A sofa in the sitting/waiting room

It shows your social class, from working (settee/lounge), to upper (sofa/sitting room).

You'll hear again from her!