tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post631911965165708541..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: What the fork?rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-89615883482469885482020-05-25T09:09:53.739-04:002020-05-25T09:09:53.739-04:00Graham, my first thought upon spotting the goof wa...<b>Graham,</b> my first thought upon spotting the goof was "I hope Graham hasn't read this yet." But you're too fast for me. My brain is now in gear but my fingers still operate more or less automatically and old habits are hard to break. <br /><br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-69223188715745102652020-05-24T16:51:41.270-04:002020-05-24T16:51:41.270-04:00Thanks!!
Hope you are having a good Memorial weeke...Thanks!!<br />Hope you are having a good Memorial weekend. Thank you for your service Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093313893708262722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-1701429833948927492020-05-24T12:30:24.396-04:002020-05-24T12:30:24.396-04:00Alphie Soup, you are truly alphiedextrous.<b>Alphie Soup,</b> you are truly alphiedextrous.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-52491954972568569222020-05-24T08:10:38.217-04:002020-05-24T08:10:38.217-04:00Nakamura-san has invented yet another gift for the...Nakamura-san has invented yet another gift for the person who has everything or those driven to acquire the latest toy/fad.<br />I understand the salting or not salting of food and do not need a fancy fork to save me from bland food.<br />As for the use of forks, I grew up using my knife and fork English style and still do. However times and food fashions change and if I'm eating what I call bowl food I will eat using a fork in my right hand.<br />A foot in both camps. Or maybe that should be a fork in both hands.<br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-13898556503451427452020-05-23T16:22:42.328-04:002020-05-23T16:22:42.328-04:00Thank you, Bob, for your charming comment. I am de...Thank you, Bob, for your charming comment. I am delighted to be known as you described. I'm so glad, by the way, that you noticed you slight error before I came to comment.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-201118845662906312020-05-23T13:27:00.521-04:002020-05-23T13:27:00.521-04:00Kathy, glad you found it! This table:
https://ww...<b>Kathy,</b> glad you found it! This table:<br /><br />https://www.starr.net/is/type/htmlcodes.html<br /><br />gives you both the alphabetic and numeric HTML codes in case you prefer one way over the other. I use the alpha ones becaue they're much easier to remember.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-76520074497378576722020-05-23T13:25:35.505-04:002020-05-23T13:25:35.505-04:00Kathy, I was going to point you to this table:
ht...<b>Kathy,</b> I was going to point you to this table:<br /><br />https://www.starr.net/is/type/htmlcodes.html<br /><br />but you were too fast for me.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-3579044092723955402020-05-23T13:22:44.992-04:002020-05-23T13:22:44.992-04:00Neil, just like the purpose of a car is to get you...<b>Neil,</b> just like the purpose of a car is to get you from one place to another, but don't tell Clint.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-38152450686088718392020-05-23T11:50:52.895-04:002020-05-23T11:50:52.895-04:00Graham, Americans will never understand mashing pe...<b>Graham,</b> Americans will never understand mashing peas and potatoes and possibly gravy together on the back of a fork. It is simply beyond our comprehension and quite startling to observe.<br /><br />Not having heard you speak, I have no thoughts about the 'poshness' of your accent or whether you sound like you come from the South of England. To me you will always be Graham Edwards from Eagleton, 7 miles from Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland, who used to spend half the year in New Zealand. That is a mouthful!rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-26658975973020758842020-05-23T11:28:02.554-04:002020-05-23T11:28:02.554-04:00It is not a matter of "couldn't care less...It is not a matter of "couldn't care less". I am simply observing in a socio-cultural manner. It is not a view I have ever held myself because in my opinion the purpose of cutlery is to move food from the plate to the mouth.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-34974794009111936282020-05-23T10:26:26.524-04:002020-05-23T10:26:26.524-04:00Found it ç ...learn something new every day. Thank...Found it ç ...learn something new every day. Thanks! Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093313893708262722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-5616836898226124252020-05-23T10:20:24.157-04:002020-05-23T10:20:24.157-04:00I'll go back and read the articles, but for no...I'll go back and read the articles, but for now, how do you type the cedilla? I haven't seen the symbol on my phone's keypad. Thanks!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093313893708262722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-42299559454054679582020-05-23T09:30:05.779-04:002020-05-23T09:30:05.779-04:00Bonnie, what about an electric or battery-operated...<b>Bonnie,</b> what about an electric or battery-operated toothbrush?rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-19637530054875735352020-05-23T09:29:01.727-04:002020-05-23T09:29:01.727-04:00Emma, it scares me too!<b>Emma,</b> it scares me too!rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-37558123606927987762020-05-23T09:22:26.762-04:002020-05-23T09:22:26.762-04:00Yorkshire Pudding (Neil), I agree about the ridicu...<b>Yorkshire Pudding (Neil),</b> I agree about the ridiculousness of an electric fork and really couldn't care less that many English people are quietly disturbed by American dining habits. What we see is your misuse of the fork.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-16868303686077058432020-05-22T15:19:16.991-04:002020-05-22T15:19:16.991-04:00I find it strange that the introduction of electri...I find it strange that the introduction of electricity to a fork is supposed to have an effect on our taste buds? At least that is what I understood from the article. Personally I prefer to not put electricity in my mouth!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-74367601299238750922020-05-22T14:04:21.017-04:002020-05-22T14:04:21.017-04:00Both fork articles are interesting. The electric f...Both fork articles are interesting. The electric fork scares me a little.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-22592294975679092142020-05-22T11:33:22.960-04:002020-05-22T11:33:22.960-04:00The articles were interesting: the second one mome...The articles were interesting: the second one momentarily so. <br /><br />Having been brought up in a household where table manners were very important I was perplexed when I first went to France (where they, most sensibly, turn the fork over to eat peas) and America (where you know exactly what is done). It took me well over 70 years to decide that I would be sensible and eat peas the French way. The fact that I rarely have gravy on my meals means that I have nothing with which to glue the peas onto the fork). <br /><br />As for pronunciation I have a 'neutral' English accent which has, as times, been the bane of my life. I was taught elocution at Prep School by a French lady. In England I was often referred to as 'posh' (which I objected to strongly) and in Scotland people assume that I am from the South of England (which I object to even more strongly).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-85321534736367262922020-05-22T09:41:57.622-04:002020-05-22T09:41:57.622-04:00The idea of an electric fork is ridiculous - just ...The idea of an electric fork is ridiculous - just a here-today-gone-tomorrow fad. However, I found the consideration of the fork in American dining most interesting - especially as the majority of forks used in American during the eighteenth century would have come from my adopted city - Sheffield. Up to this day, many English people are quietly disturbed by American dining habits and what we see as misuse of the fork.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com