called "chopsticks"?? they dont chop anything
why dont people call them dingleberries instead? or nunchucks?

 

Because they are sticks and you place food in your chops with them:slap:

 

Because they would take wooden sticks and chop them... Or get branches and chop them off the tree?

 

ive never called the mouth, "chops" :deek:

 

they used to be made out of Chops ticks, but the chinese had a revolution

 

History of chopper-sticks
http://www.calacademy.org/research/a...il/chpstck.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/chopsticks1.html
http://www.asianartmall.com/chopstickshistory.htm

 

ok...now its getting too serious. boring.

 

the sticks were made from chopping off tree branches. :dunno:

I call them đũa all my life.

 

The english adopted name "chopsticks" came from Chinese immigrants in the 1800's. To them chop meant quick, so therefore the name chopsticks was formed.

 

not exactly.

"chopstick" is a pidgin-English term, where "chop" is the pidgin-English word for "quick".. so basically, "quick sticks". the chinese word for chopsticks has a similar meaning, but the chinese words don't sound anything like that - same with korean and japanese.