Knife and Forks

[Tash.]

Bit of a random one, but there is a point to it I promise :P
Recently I noticed that I maybe use my knife/fork wrong. For example, I eat with my knife in my left hand and my fork in the right. If you go in to a restaurant then they are set the opposite way. So my question is, which way round do you hold your knife/fork?
My sister also holds her knife/fork the same as me, as does my Dad but not my mum haha.
Ooh and vote in poll please :)



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[Special]

Fork in left hand

had to think about that one for a minute lol

[Tintinnabulate]

Both.
Depends really. Having fork in right hand is so much easier to eat. But knife should be in right hand so its easier to cut.

[brandon]

Left handed but hold them the common way

[Black_Apalachi]

At home I usually use a fork by itself with my right hand but in public I have manners and use the fork left handed and the knife right handed.

[ecstasy]

fork in left hand, knife in right

if im not using a knife then i'll hold the fork in my right hand

[dirrty]

i tend to switch them during eating for some reason. so dunno

[Volumise]

fork in my right hand and knife in my left..
My friends use it the opposite and always tell me im holding it wrong but if the forks in my left hand, it just doesnt feel right..

[luce]

i am in the majority one (the second one) that's because it's the right one i think :P

[Melsia]

From a young age I was taught to hold knife in the right hand and fork in the left and was told it's really bad manners to do it the other way. My parents are really strict though :(

[Blinger1]

Fork right knife left... It easier
imo

[Keri?!]

I always have my knife in my left hand and my fork in the right.
It's so annoying sitting next to someone who does the opposite :(

[Neversoft]

I eat with the knife in my left hand and the fork in my right hand. Everyone else I know holds them the other way.

[myke]

Fork left, knife right and seeing people eat it the other way makes me feel uncomfortable... no offence :|

I was also brought up that using my fork in my left and knife in the right is the correct way, I also got moaned at if I sett'd the table wrong when I was younger so I know now which side is which and the other way is just awkwarrrrddddddd, because when I see other people doing it the other way they kinda use the fork as a nail to nail their food to the plate and then put the knife in and tear away from it +o(

[Absently]

i use my fork in my left hand and my knife in the right, but it's probably just because i'm left handed and find it hard the other way. but then again, my mum always told me that fork in left and knife in right is the 'proper' way. it bothers me though if somebody sets the table and puts it the other way around :P

[Tash.]

fork in my right hand and knife in my left..
My friends use it the opposite and always tell me im holding it wrong but if the forks in my left hand, it just doesnt feel right..


Fork right knife left... It easier
imo


I always have my knife in my left hand and my fork in the right.
It's so annoying sitting next to someone who does the opposite :(


that wasn't the question and so what?:rolleyes: you're probably only a few years older than most of us.
i've never heard it was bad manners or that there was a "proper" way to hold them.
i use my knife with my left and fork with my right, no-one else in the family does.


I eat with the knife in my left hand and the fork in my right hand. Everyone else I know holds them the other way.

Oh thank god I aren't alone.

People saying that the other way (fork in left, knife in right) is the proper way are correct but I literally can't hold them that way round. It's comparable to trying to make me write with my left hand, it just doesn't work. It's a bit awkward in posh restaurants and things when you have to swap them around though :(

[Judas]

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i have my fork in my right hand and knife in the left, but when im cutting stuff up i switch them over

[Cheryl]

I hold the fork in the left and knife in the right, if I swap them in public I'll look like a **** imo.
I eat in some very exclusive venues :D

[kuzkasate]

fork left - knife right although i only do that in restaurants. why on earth would you do it at home lol

[Richie]

I eat with my fork on my right hand then when I need to do some chopping I put my knife in my right hand and change bk weird ino

[Rozi]

Yeah fork in left is the "right" way to do it, so that your right hand has the knife you can chop through tough foods easier. But nah, unless I'm with the posh people in my family I use fork in right.

[Oleh]

if im at home i only use a fork, much easier just to cut down with fork.

I have knife in left fork in right otherwise, Dinnerladies always used to complain, its like GO AWAY IM EATING!

[Jordy]

I was unaware people did it differently. I've always done fork left and knife right like it should be done. No doubt this will now annoy me as I will look out for people doing it wrong :P

It's like wearing a watch on your right hand, why on earth would anyone do that? I'm generally not a traditional person but things like this irritate me xD

[Melsia]

Way over your head. Just because you're with your parents, doesn't mean you need to eat like you live on a farm.

I live on a farm and I hold my knife and fork right... I don't think that's a very fair way to stereotype farmers.

[syko2006]

Fork in right hand, knife in left. :D

[AlexOC]

Fork in left hand for moi.

[buttons]

It's like wearing a watch on your right hand, why on earth would anyone do that? I'm generally not a traditional person but things like this irritate me xD
whaaaaaaaaaat? i wear mine on my right hand:(
but yeh i don't go looking at the way people eat & i'm not gonna judge them on it, so can't see why it bothers you misawa. although my gran always shouted at me if i rested my elbows on the table so now i don't but don't exactly think people who do are ill-mannered

[AlexOC]

I wear a watch on my right wrist. And never put bracelets on my left. There's nothing worng with that, wierdo.

[sammy]

I eat left-handed and i really don't know why, so yeah fork in right hand, knife in left.

[wiktoria]

From a young age I was taught to hold knife in the right hand and fork in the left and was told it's really bad manners to do it the other way.

This :D

[Tintinnabulate]

Almost half of the people who have voted hold their cutlery completely wrong. That's reassuring to know. Christ.

As holding the fork in right hand is easier ...

Now I know why so many people dislike you - your attitude is just awful.

[Black_Apalachi]

As holding the fork in right hand is easier ...

Now I know why so many people dislike you - your attitude is just awful.

Easier how? This is cutlery, not chopsticks.

[Narnat,]

LOL rather random but yeahh knife in right , fork in left ;']]

[Tintinnabulate]

Easier how? This is cutlery, not chopsticks.

Its easier to eat with the fork in the right hand.

[Misawa]

That's a pathetic excuse - it isn't in the slightest.

[Adamm]

That's a pathetic excuse - it isn't in the slightest.
Maybe not for you. But then again you can't see past your own nose so it's what I would expect.

[Black_Apalachi]

Its easier to eat with the fork in the right hand.

But that suggests it's difficult to use your left, and it really isn't. Surely if anything, it would depend on which handed you are anyway? But at the end of the day, holding an implement isn't as intricate a task as operating a pen for instance.

[Meanies]

i use my hands

but if its a posh occasion i'll use a knife in my right and fork in the left.

[Adamm]

But that suggests it's difficult to use your left, and it really isn't. Surely if anything, it would depend on which handed you are anyway? But at the end of the day, holding an implement isn't as intricate a task as operating a pen for instance.
If someone is left handed, wouldn't they do it the opposite way to us? Thus rendering Misawa's ridiculous hounding of members completely and utterly pathetic.

[dogboy123]

Falk in left hand, knife in right for me

[gangstaagent1]

always fork in my left hand.

[BeanEgg]

I have my fork on my left hand and my knife on my right hand, solely because I have more power in my right hand so I can cut it easily.