I've seen it claimed that the Chinese actually invented the fork, just
never adopted it as a table implement. Chopsticks worked well enough.
Tom C wrote:
It may explain why they invented chopsticks... lack of focus...
whereas the western world has a no-nonsense fork, knife, and spoon...
stab the meat.. no slight intended... just always wondering... and
blathering...
Somewhat interesting...
http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2002/0117/cu18-1.html
Tom C.
From: "Jim Colwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: "pdml" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: cultural image perception Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:25:44
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Vic, thanks for the interesting link in "Mind the Chinese...". I
think that
your post raises a wide range of cutural image perception issues.
For me, a
line or series of elements with visual flow from the low left to high
right
in an image has a dynamic and on-going quality, while a similar
structure
going from low right to high left seems regressive. Is this the same
perception as one who reads from right to left ? Do others who read
from
left to right (as I do) have the up-and-to-the-right as "positive",
or is it
a consequence of math graphs with +x,+y in the upper right quadrant ?
Jim
www.jcolwell.ca
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