Table manners from English speaking culture

Presented by---

Tina Tseng

Patty Chang

10

／

30

／

’07

Outline

1) Opening2) General Table manners (similarities) 3) American table manners4) British table manners5) Utensils & the place setting6) A brief comparison with the

European (Continental) style 7) Conclusion

1) Opening

If we do not know the table manners…………

We would be like this!!!

How embarrassing!!!!!!!

2) General Table manners

1. Stand up when lady leaves2. Keep elbows off the table 3. Sit in decent pose4. Napkin (on the lap) 5. Dishes (passed from left to right)6. Fork and knife 7. Eat with fingers 8. Eat bread9. Wine with stemmed-glass 10. Pour the drink

3) American table manners

1. Prayer or blessing 2. Fork (with the tines-up) 3. Knife4. Spoon5. Beverages6. When finished(with the fork at

the 4 o'clock position)

4) British table manners

1. Fork (with the tines-down) 2. Left-handed3. Dishes should be passed

from left to right. 4. Eating desserts 5. For resting or short leaving (with fork at 8 o'clock & knife a

t 4 o'clock)6. When finished(with fork at 6

o'clock)

5) Utensils & their place setting

Let's learn how to use utensils with Vivian!!!

6) Comparison with the European style

American European (Continental)

After cutting, should the fork be transferred to the righ hand for eating?

Yes No

Eating with the fork tines up or down

tines up tines-down

The use of fish knifes are rarely seen in the U.S

Are used to cut the food which is very soft

or flaky

When eating soup, use the spoon

scooping in movements away

from yourself.

scooping the soup inwards

When was the fork adopted?

from 19th century from 18th century

7) Conclusion

No matter in which culture, table manners are very important to everyone!!!

If we do not know the table manners, we would be very embarrassed just like Vivian in the movie of “Pretty Woman”!!!

Resources

1.The clips are extracted from the movie”Pretty Woman” http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=uaD08avTnlA

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=36fI_XCbyIg

2.Table manners from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_manners

3. Fork etiquette from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_etiquette

4. Dining etiquette from Bremer communications http://www.bremercommunications.com/Dining_Etiquette.htm

The End!!

Thanks for your attention!