2007-02-11 13:47:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
i know a spoon is a spoon and a fork is a fork becuase we call it that but how do we know that is is named that who came up with the names for all these things
2007-02-11 13:57:57 · update #1
check out the history in the web site.
2007-02-11 13:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we assume that when we say "spoon," others who speak the same language will conjure up in their minds the image of a shiny silver object with a round concavity at one end, used for scooping food, which is the same object we were referring to by saying "spoon." If the idea being expressed and the idea being understood are the same, then we know that the word being used to bridge the gap from expression to understanding is indeed the name that we have for that object. Therefore, a spoon actually is called a spoon, a fork a fork, and so on.
2007-02-11 21:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Oliver 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about the origin of the meaning of the words "spoon" and "fork," they are easy to find in a dictionary. If, however, you mean the origin of language itself (glossogeny), there is no perfectly satisfactory answer, but theories abound. Words are utterances that convey meaning and common relationship during communication; they probably evolved over millenniums. We only really know things are called what they are called because of the particular language we were taught as children, language as varied as the geographies, cultures and ethnic groups we are born to.
2007-02-12 08:17:27 · answer #3 · answered by ConfidentCook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that anybody originally came up with names for something like a spoon or a fork or even deliberately "invented" them; they most likely just evolved gradually from simple tools to become more specialized ones.
2007-02-11 23:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A spoon is a spoon, just like a FORK is a FORK and a chair is a chair
2007-02-11 21:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by sadie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you asked for a spoon, I'd hand you a spoon and if you asked for a fork, I'd hand you a fork.
Tradition, I guess.
2007-02-11 21:55:06 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition
2007-02-11 21:54:33 · answer #7 · answered by Teacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only a spoon in English..
Cuilleur-French
Loeffel-German
Same thing,Different Handle... (Ouch)
2007-02-11 23:00:44 · answer #8 · answered by Devmeister 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to start a fork is not a fourk,sorry. Haven't you ever played forky spoony before?
2007-02-11 21:55:08 · answer #9 · answered by greengirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a spork>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2007-02-11 21:54:26 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋