An upmarket Chinese restaurant near to my flat has a sign outside saying "15 more seatings downstairs". Why is it that I like the word 'seatings' but detest the word 'standees', which is becoming increasingly common in a public transport context?
Incidentally, 'seatings' doesn't make it into the OED, but 'standees' does - albeit as "chiefly North American".
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