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05-15-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mist16 View Post
As everyone is saying about 'holding' the hashi wrong i think thats not true. As in american tradition we have a specific way of holding the utensiles. But actually there are 2 main ways people hold them. English, and American.
I learned the English way and then relearned the American way at the insistence of my father.
But I imagine the reaction of some to the "wrong" way of holding chopsticks is like when I see someone wrap their hands around a fork as if hold a drumstick, or eating from a knife.


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