We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks

This is true partly because non-Westerners have begun to take pride in their own cultures and partly because those areas of the world where forks are not used have some of the highest birth rates

Fork-users are mainly in Europe, North America, and Latin America; chopstick-users in eastern Asia and finger-users in Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and India

Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness

Could we have a fork

This means that there are twice as many chopstick- and finger-users as fork-users

Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers

The boy can handle a knife and fork very well

Fork-users have historically been in the minority

Put the knives and forks back in the cupboard

He stuck a meatball with his fork

I can't use a fork well