I suspect that the fork on the right will follow the same course as the
paper napkins: first resented as a US introduction, then accepted and
finally thought of as a British innovation.
Colin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arthur seeley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 6:27 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New sub: Manners
>
> I never had trouble with my manners as I recall. My mother used to have a
> small cafe/bakery during the war. Not much room so I had to eat in the
> stairs with my plate on one step, my arse on another and my feet on a
> third. Three brothers sat like this every weekday dinnertime. Not much
> space for the finer points of table etiquette. When Dad returned from the
> war , WWII,( he served in Iraq, which is interesting) I did use to get
> into trouble for putting my knife down and swapping my fork to my right
> hand. My father would curse me for eating like ' a bloody Yank'.
> Don't you think the 'but' in the fourth to last line should be 'and'. It
> reads strange to me otherwise. Arthur.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christina Fletcher <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:06 PM
> Subject: New sub: Manners
>
> Last one for a while (I promise).
> bw
> christina
>
>
> Manners
>
> Now you will learn the art of mastication.
> Place this meat in your teeth and chew -
> up down, up down - that's the way.
> Close your mouth: it is impolite
> and oh, so vulgar to display ones molars.
> You may neither spit nor spray your food
> at (or over) your guests. Spoons
> are never played. Knives
> are no longer weapons but your napkin
> is not a missile. Never shout,
> drool, sniffle or belch at table.
> It is absolutely forbidden to fart.
>
>
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>
>
>
> christina fletcher
>
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