On Aug 6, 10:03?am, Goomba38 > wrote:
> Phred wrote:
> > I'm happy to be shown I'm wrong, but the impression we have here in Oz
> > is that "Americans" chop stuff up, then switch the fork to the other
> > hand to shovel the bits into the mouth. Are you saying they do this
> > one bite at a time? Or have I got my ethnics mixed?
>
> > Cheers, Phred.
>
> People with good manners never cut up all their food at once. What a
> barbaric way to eat. The only exception to this rule is when parents are
> known to cut up their kids food for them and let them at it, so they too
> can sit down and enjoy their own meal.

Depends on "good manners" where.

Most of the world uses no knives at the table and no forks either...
most of the world would find a knife at the table beyond rude, they'd
consider that extremely hostile. In fact most of the world uses no
other eating utensils but their fingers.


Sheldon