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What hand should you hold the fork on?

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

I have heard that it should always be the left one if you are right handed, but I am right handed and I prefer to have the fork with the right hand. I find more difficult to eat it with the left hand, what about you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fork in left when cutting, fork in right when shovelling peas

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I think people should hold their cutlery in the hand that they're most comfortable with.

I hold my fork in my left hand, Mr N holds his in his right.

So far we have both managed to eat without terrible mishap

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

I’m left handed and hold the fork in my left hand

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Knife always in my right hand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am right handed, but eat left handed.

My mum is left handed, but eats right handed.

I say, do what feels natural unless you are dining with royalty

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By *onb21Woman
over a year ago

Cardiff

It should only be in your left hand if you are eating with knife and fork.

That's because you want to use your right hand for your knife, which does all the work cutting and loading your fork.

If you are eating a meal in a bowl and are not at a table, use your right hand for your fork and hold the bowl in your left.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Without heading to Debrett's on etiquette, I'm fairly certain a fork is always meant to be held in the left hand. My eldest is left handed and always struggles to lay a table the right way around and she prefers to hold the fork in her right hand.

Oddly, although I'm right handed, I wear my watch on my right arm and always have, even though convention says I should wear it on my left arm. I guess I'm cack-handed!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m left handed so obviously hold folk in my left hand

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Left. I'm left handed, but I never realised that was an issue.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I'm the same Shag. I have to hold my fork in the right hand.

If I swap over I end up trying to cut my food with my fork.

I carve with my right hand though.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London


"Without heading to Debrett's on etiquette, I'm fairly certain a fork is always meant to be held in the left hand. My eldest is left handed and always struggles to lay a table the right way around and she prefers to hold the fork in her right hand.

Oddly, although I'm right handed, I wear my watch on my right arm and always have, even though convention says I should wear it on my left arm. I guess I'm cack-handed! "

That's what I was called as a child. I sweep like a left-hander too, apparently.

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

I'm a lefty and hold my fork in my left x

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By *drian HardthrobMan
over a year ago

Worcester

Left hand supposedly. One of my ex's used to constantly tell me off for "not holding my cutlery correctly" I'm right handed and we're not aristocracy!

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By *uddy laneMan
over a year ago

dudley


"I have heard that it should always be the left one if you are right handed, but I am right handed and I prefer to have the fork with the right hand. I find more difficult to eat it with the left hand, what about you? "

I am the same fork in the right hand funny looks when eatimg out "probably american you hear".

I never went for it

I realised indoctrination

even at a young age

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I'm right handed, but hold my fork in my left hand, unless I'm using it more like a spoon, in which case right.

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.


"Fork in left when cutting, fork in right when shovelling peas"
That is a good way too

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By *ge_load_ladMan
over a year ago

NW & Mids

Ok for for the right handers..

Why do you hold your fork in your left hand to put food in your mouth, yet use a spoon in your right hand to do the same??

Im right handed and fork and spoon both held in the right hand

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.


"I think people should hold their cutlery in the hand that they're most comfortable with.

I hold my fork in my left hand, Mr N holds his in his right.

So far we have both managed to eat without terrible mishap "
Yes. I think so as well as it is easier to eat in the prefered hand

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By *uddy laneMan
over a year ago

dudley

I'm ambidextrous wanker thou

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah I’m right handed and hold my fork in my right hand. Just can not do it any other way. I can remember being told off in school about it

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am left handed and use a fork in my left.

However, I think use them whichever way you prefer, just eat nicely x

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Or just don't bother with cutlery....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Four candles

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By *othicslaveCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

I'm ambidextrous, I swap and change throughout eating lol

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By * F 2018Couple
over a year ago

shropshire


"I’m left handed and hold the fork in my left hand "

Same

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Left hand when using a knife aswell... Right hand if it's the fork, alone

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By *quaman87Man
over a year ago

Colchester

On?? Hold a fork "in"

I hold mine in my left being right handed i cut with the knife.

Is there a right and wrong way??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your fork should be held in whatever hand is most comfortable for you

I am ambidextrous and hold my fork in my right hand, knife in left.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm predominantly left handed and hold fork in said left hand.

While undergoing physio on my left hand (following nearly losing three fingers to a bench saw! ) I asked my physiotherapist why even though being left handed my right hand felt stronger and she said your prominent hand tends to be become very dexterous and delicate while the opposite hand becomes like a vice because you just use it to grip things tightly in place, like when you saw a piece of wood.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I eat with both. Which ever side the fork is, is the hand I eat with.

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Depends on whose attacking you.....!

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By *onzo888100Man
over a year ago

Bangor

Fork always in left hand when using a knife. Only in right hand when no knife is required

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Use a spoon for everything

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.


"It should only be in your left hand if you are eating with knife and fork.

That's because you want to use your right hand for your knife, which does all the work cutting and loading your fork.

If you are eating a meal in a bowl and are not at a table, use your right hand for your fork and hold the bowl in your left."
Yes. I use the spoon with the right hand as well when I am eating from a bowl, like soups

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

I can imagine that it was more common in the victorian times to eat with the left hand for everyone and mayibe at the queen with their candle light dinners

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fork on my left and knife on my right. And I’m a lefty lol but I seem to be unable to cut with my left

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I can imagine that it was more common in the victorian times to eat with the left hand for everyone and mayibe at the queen with their candle light dinners "

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By *eventysixCouple
over a year ago

glossop

Lefty is bestie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Without heading to Debrett's on etiquette, I'm fairly certain a fork is always meant to be held in the left hand. My eldest is left handed and always struggles to lay a table the right way around and she prefers to hold the fork in her right hand.

Oddly, although I'm right handed, I wear my watch on my right arm and always have, even though convention says I should wear it on my left arm. I guess I'm cack-handed! "

Convention is just based on the fact that we use and move our dominant hand more so higher chance of damaging the mechanism accidentally.

Also depending on wether you wear watch facing out or in and for certain professions the face can be offset as the way you hold you arm.

E.g specialist driving watches are meant to be worn facing in and the 12 is at traditional 2 Place and the windup bevels are on the left.

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over a year ago

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By *hagTonight OP   Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I struggle to hold a fork in my left hand, I find it easier to have it in my right hand.

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