Unofficial Etiquette Pollage

[primroseburrows]

After hearing a discussion on the radio about table manners and cultural/national ways of eating, I got curious and decided to ask you guys about it. According to the program, there is more than one way people in Western countries use a knife while eating. I did not know this, which shows just how much I don't know about culture.

So anyway, a poll:



[Poll #1409363]

Comments

[stormymouse.livejournal.com]

it never occurred to me that people would be taught to do the switching-and-putting-down thing. i've seen it done on tv or in movies but i've always figured it's just the way that certain person uses cutlery.