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The uniform civilization wears so dinner doesn't look like a crime scene.
means The plates, bowls, glasses, and cutlery used for serving and eating meals at the table.
from A straightforward compound: 'table' (from Latin tabula, a board or plank, via Old French) plus 'ware,' an old Germanic word for manufactured goods or merchandise — the same 'ware' in silverware, hardware, and glassware. The word simply names goods made for the table, and it settled into English as household vocabulary expanded during the growth of domestic manufacturing and retail.
- fork lag
- Forks were considered effeminate and sinful in Europe until the 1600s
- knife rounding
- Table knives got blunt tips in 1669 by French royal decree, to stop stabbings
- china misnomer
- Most porcelain is not from China, the name just stuck
- flatware split
- Technically flatware is just the cutlery, tableware is everything on the table