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What do 'Place' and 'proper' mean here? I dont find any corresponding meaning in the dictionary.
While chopsticks are actually really commonplace in America today, there was definitely a time in the 1800s where this idea was that, Asian men, because they ate rice with sticks , were of a different quality than American men who eat proper meat with a knife and fork.
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Ella Ye commonplace It's one word. commonplace means widely used, ordinary, everywhere, unremarkable. Ella Ye who eat proper meat ~ who eat real meat The British use 'proper' where Americans use 'real'.
- Ella Ye commonplace It's one word.
- commonplace means widely used, ordinary, everywhere, unremarkable.
- Ella Ye who eat proper meat ~ who eat real meat The British use 'proper' where Americans use 'real'.
- Here 'proper meat' or 'real meat' is probably a reference to red meat, especially beef, and it is also suggestive of eating large quantities of this meat with great enjoyment.
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Ella Yecommonplace
It's one word.
commonplace means widely used, ordinary, everywhere, unremarkable.
Ella Yewho eat proper meat
~ who eat real meat
The British use 'proper' where Americans use 'real'.
Here 'proper meat' or 'real meat' is probably a reference to red meat, especially b
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