erin mccann | on Twitter: "Most of the people in my replies, learning that's a "butter knife" instead of some sort of cheese delivery device… https://t.co/ssqj8moiWr"

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

I'm 38 years old. My first thought: wtf kind of butter knife is that?

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

When I hear butter knife, I think this. When shown a picture like this, i would say 'butter knife'pic.twitter.com/i1bI9m1IvB

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

google image results suggest, ok, there are in fact many butter knives that look similar-ish to the example they've shown:pic.twitter.com/9F2n54aFIL

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

I am willing to accept that there are many kinds of butter knives in the world.

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

But I am not willing to accept the @nowthisnews premise that an inability of approximately 230 people my age to define whatever the hell this apparently-not-a-cheese-knife is on sight is an indication of my generation's cooking skills.pic.twitter.com/Cs24UQs30c

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

also why does it have a hook on the bottom??

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

This thread has summoned Cutlery Twitter to my mentions, which I'm actually quite happy to know exists.

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

erin mccann | Retweeted Allen McDuffee

Some more detail from Cutlery Twitter:https://twitter.com/AllenMcDuffee/status/1131638245710880775 …

erin mccann | added,

Allen McDuffeeVerified account @AllenMcDuffee

Replying to @mccanner

This is a dinner knife. But the variations in other butter knives have to do with how the butter is being presented. For example, a stick of butter requires one kind of butter knife, while a butter bell crock requires another (like the small curved one you've shown).

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erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 23 May 2019

erin mccann | Retweeted Iain Collins

and from @iaincollins, who calls it a "totally a typical butter knife" ... FOR THE YEAR 1900.https://twitter.com/iaincollins/status/1131637326671679491 …

erin mccann | added,

Iain Collins @iaincollins

Replying to @mccanner

It's totally a typical butter knife! My parents have multiple sets of silverware like that (from 1800-1900). Most modern cutlery sets don't understand soup spoons or dessert spoons either (both should be circular, not oval) and it's tragically lost knowledge.

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