# poll: "knife and fork" or "fork and knife"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 14, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179 "2010-10-14T21:15:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179/21 "2010-10-15T21:33:52Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> What about the spoon? Won’t somebody think of the spoon?

I’ve heard the dish ran away with it.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179/22 "2010-10-15T23:18:24Z")

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Spoon + Fork = Spork

So a knife + fork = Knork

Or

A fork + Knife = Fofe (you can’t really say “fife”)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179/23 "2010-10-15T23:27:35Z")

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I have never heard anyone say fork and knife.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-knife-and-fork-or-fork-and-knife/557179/24 "2010-10-16T00:13:04Z")

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> [@Markxxx](#):
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> So a knife + fork = Knork

That’s something else entirely.

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