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When did the English start turning their forks upside down, and why?

Man eating fish and chips, drinking an ale, in a restaurant — Tell me you’re English without … Photograph: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images

When did the English start turning their forks upside down, making it more difficult to eat, and why? Jane Shaw, France

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