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Spoons and forks

Discussion in 'U.K.' started by Paul, Oct 7, 2004.

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  1. Paul

    Paul Cheap and Cheerful

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    Did you know that the correct term for spoons and forks is actually 'flatware' and should never be referred to as cutlery?


    (Cutlery is for cutting things and using a spoon to cut things doesn't make it cutlery)
     
    Paul, Oct 7, 2004
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  3. Smartie.uk

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    well ididnt know that.. but i do now.. thankyou for bestowing your wisdom on me.. i feel enlightened.
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 7, 2004
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  5. showmet

    showmet olen tomppeli

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    And a combination of the two, the runcible spoon is my favourite piece of flatware. God I love those things...
     
    showmet, Oct 7, 2004
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  7. Paul

    Paul Cheap and Cheerful

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    YES A RUNCIBLE SPOON!!

    I really must get one :)
     
    Paul, Oct 7, 2004
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  9. Carlos

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    did u wake one day and come to realise that saying a spoon is cuttelry is wrong or did someone correct you while u where blissfully ignorantly calling a spoon cuttlery


    im just interested in how you came across this information unless your part of some sort of spoon reserch team like cancer reserch but less life dependent.
     
    Carlos, Oct 7, 2004
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  11. Paul

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    I'm not saying

    If I tell you I will have to kill you :p
     
    Paul, Oct 7, 2004
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    i would just like to point out that there is no such thing as runcible flatware...they are called sporks...
     
    JOsie, Oct 8, 2004
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  15. butterfly

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    So what do you collectively call knives, forks and spoons, or is there no collective term and should one refer to them as both cutlery and flatware??
     
    butterfly, Oct 10, 2004
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  17. Smartie.uk

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    i think its called flatlery... well if it wasn't it is now..."here hun get the flatlery out of the draw will you" ... see works just fine.
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 10, 2004
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  19. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    Tableware?
     
    Alomiakoda, Oct 10, 2004
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  21. Smartie.uk

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    NO!!!!... flatlery!!!!
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 10, 2004
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  23. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    Sorry[​IMG]
     
    Alomiakoda, Oct 10, 2004
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  25. Smartie.uk

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    well good... dont do it again...
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 10, 2004
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  27. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    I've learned my lesson
     
    Alomiakoda, Oct 10, 2004
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  29. Smartie.uk

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    good.. next time.. it'll be a spanking

    :p
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 10, 2004
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  31. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    Is that a promise? :p
     
    Alomiakoda, Oct 11, 2004
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  33. Smartie.uk

    Smartie.uk Member

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    yup
     
    Smartie.uk, Oct 11, 2004
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  35. DaisaeFaerie

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    aha so you know about sporks and flatery and runcible spoons...but has anyone got a spnife? wouldn't that be a mixture of cutlery and flatery...therefore flutery? or clatery?

    love daisyness xxx
     
    DaisaeFaerie, Oct 11, 2004
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  37. DaisaeFaerie

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    i agree with meng. forks are the height of sophistication. :)
     
    DaisaeFaerie, Oct 11, 2004
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  39. Paul

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    Not quite as highly sophisticated as resisting the temptation to play with chopsticks before you eat your Chinese meal
     
    Paul, Oct 11, 2004
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