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Lynn Chivers wrote:
> they will have the fork in the left hand, and the knife in the right -
> means they feed themselves with the non dominant hand.
Jody writes: No we don't. Right handed north Americans ( as far as I know) only keep the fork in the left hand while the knife is in the right hand. No other time.
> Surely the precision is in the use of the knife, though, and the placing
> of food in the mouth less so?
>
> compare North Americans with Europeans. My
> hypothesis would be the Europeans would use the former non-dominant
> better as a new dominant than the North Americans Jody
> Can I ask why?
Jody writes: Because the European is used to using both hands to hold utensils to feed him(her)self, so the European's non-dominant hand gets more fine motor practice than the North American's non dominant hand. -- Jody
