Talk:Chip fork

Parody?
'Currywurst forks are specially designed to keep eaters fingers clean of grease, sauces, mayonnaise.'

'The usual design of currywurst forks has either two or three tips at one end. These are poked into the food, which is later stripped off with the eaters lips. The other end is usually rounded or slim. It is held by the eater.'

So it's a fork, then. Is the writer intentionally parodying an over-pedantic German? It's certainly amusing if so, though possibly inappropriate.Oxford Menace (talk) 11:59, 8 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Of course it's a fork (thus the name), but it's a special type of (throwaway) fork, just look at the pictures. 217.93.192.96 (talk) 03:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

This is a called a Chip Fork...
Its a disposable fork. Proposing merge to general fork article. GraemeLeggett (talk) 15:49, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * You didn't set up the move proposal correctly, (you gave no reason and set up no discussion) so I removed it. Feel free to restore it if you want.  Oreo Priest  talk 20:39, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I was bold and did the merge. There was little salvageable. GraemeLeggett (talk) 07:40, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Too bold. Propose a proper merge if you think it should be merged.  Oreo Priest  talk 15:01, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Called a chip fork in English: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Both the German and the Dutch wiki articles (countries where these forks are often used) translate to "chip fork". Propose to move the article. - Takeaway (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Delete?
This is a clear case of one of our German cousins thinking that this article would be nice, if translated into English.

However, there is no cultural requirement for this article as the fork in question is common in this country, as a "disposable fork", for all manner of fast foods.

It maybe the case, that in Germany there is only one use for this fork but I really doubt it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.187.137 (talk) 16:29, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * There actually is only one use for this kind of disposable forks in Germany, in particular the wooden variant (the plastic variant shown is an abomination). These wooden forks are only used with french fries and various versions of sausages, as well as only in takeaway fastfood stands. They're pervasive enough that even McDonalds in Germany has them in the exact same format too btw - originally the two-pronged wooden version depicted in the article, currently a three-pronged plastic version of similar layout. 93.204.64.127 (talk) 16:47, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * But adopting a worldwide view of the subject, it is a wooden disposable fork the same as used in other countries for different things. And as such should be treated in a general article which would mention its restricted use in German culture. GraemeLeggett (talk) 17:09, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * If it is to be merged with anything, it's important that the merger be content preserving. Worldwide view does not mean that this information is unimportant.  Oreo Priest  talk 18:40, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Provided the content is encyclopadic and backed by sources - that is true. Otherwise its "Unsourced material may be challenged and removed" GraemeLeggett (talk) 20:03, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 21 June 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Suggested title is more recognisable. DrKiernan (talk) 20:00, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Currywurst fork → Chip fork – Actual name for this utensil in English. Takeaway (talk) 09:05, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Support as improvement over current title. GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:42, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps Chip fork could have its own article. I've normally seen it as the two pronged fork.  GregKaye 14:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * If you look up "wooden chip forks" with Google Image Search, you will see 2-pronged forks. "Plastic chip forks" will give 3-pronged forks as a result. It would seem that it depends more on the material used, than their function. - 11:05, 25 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Support - I've normally seen them as 2-pronged but there's an image in the article of 2 so I assume there's just a variety, Either way chip-fork is far more known than a "Currywurst fork". – Davey 2010 Talk 22:45, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment What surprises me, is that when the article was originally created, created it as "Currywurst fork" whilst stating in the edit summary that the information was taken from the German, Dutch and Ripuarian  language articles. I can't find the Ripuarian language article, but both the German and the Dutch language articles name this utensil a chip fork, (German - Pommesgabel; Dutch - frietvorkje) also back when this article was created. Why User Purodha suddenly decided to call this a Currywurst fork instead, while in the German article it is only mentioned in passing that a chip fork is also used for Currywurst, is a mystery. It would seem that User Purodha either didn't know the correct English word for this utensil, or that they wanted to introduce a German word into the English language for a utensil that isn't even called thus in German. - Takeaway (talk) 20:57, 29 June 2015 (UTC)


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Sorry for having seen this discussion only now. The reason for my choice comes from some dictionary - cannot remember which - and believe me, I was astonished to find "currywurst fork" there but not "chip fork". --Purodha Blissenbach (talk) 07:17, 6 October 2015 (UTC)