Re: CHAT: Which world? Which culture?

Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:

> En réponse à Roger Mills :
>
> >Warning:  on my first trip to Italy, I was taken to task (granted, by
> >another American, but he'd been there longer) for using the spoon---
> >"That's strictly peasant-style!!"
>
> Peasant-style?!!!! Etiquette (the kind of things you have to follow when
> you're at the same table as a crowned head for instance) makes the use of
> the spoon with spaghetti *mandatory*!!! So there's nothing peasant-style in
> it!
And in some cultures, it's rude *not* to burp at a dinner
table.  What's good for the goose may *not* always be good
for the gander.

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