Spoon - Revision history

DavidB4: link, wording tweaks

2020-04-22T23:44:37Z

link, wording tweaks

2016-06-28T17:35:44Z

Types: Spelling/Grammar Check & Cleanup, typos fixed: with with → with

2011-06-14T05:58:21Z

Silly, potentially vulgar thing about Brad Pitt.

2010-11-26T00:59:57Z

copy edit and clarification

2009-03-07T04:12:45Z

2009-03-07T04:12:22Z

image

2008-06-11T19:15:03Z

2007-12-08T04:28:24Z

2007-12-08T04:28:10Z

2007-05-15T00:00:59Z

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-A '''spoon''' is an eating utensil characterized by its smooth concave surface (from the eater's point of view).
+A '''spoon''' is type of [[cutlery]] which is used for eating. It is characterized by its smooth concave surface (from the eater's point of view), which is usually called the "bowl".
 ==Types==
 There are various types of spoons, including soup spoons (a mid-size spoon with a round bowl), dessert spoons (a mid-size spoon with an oval bowl), serving spoons (a large usually oval spoon used for conveying food from a serving dish to a plate or bowl), teaspoons (small oval spoons), coffee spoons (even smaller oval spoons), egg spoons (often made of horn), grapefruit spons (an oval spoon with a deep bowl and a sharp edge), and jam spoons (which have cutaways like a violin on each side of the bowl).

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 ==Types==
-There are various types of spoons, including soup spoons (a mid-size spoon with with a round bowl), dessert spoons (a mid-size spoon with an oval bowl), serving spoons (a large usually oval spoon used for conveying food from a serving dish to a plate or bowl), teaspoons (small oval spoons), coffee spoons (even smaller oval spoons), egg spoons (often made of horn), grapefruit spons (an oval spoon with a deep bowl and a sharp edge), and jam spoons (which have cutaways like a violin on each side of the bowl).
+There are various types of spoons, including soup spoons (a mid-size spoon with a round bowl), dessert spoons (a mid-size spoon with an oval bowl), serving spoons (a large usually oval spoon used for conveying food from a serving dish to a plate or bowl), teaspoons (small oval spoons), coffee spoons (even smaller oval spoons), egg spoons (often made of horn), grapefruit spons (an oval spoon with a deep bowl and a sharp edge), and jam spoons (which have cutaways like a violin on each side of the bowl).
 A [[spork]] is a cross between a spoon and a [[fork]].

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 ==Other Uses==
-A [[spoonerism]] is created when a speaker switches the consonants between two words. For example: "shake a tower" as a substitution for "take a shower." The [[Shel Silverstein]] book [[Runny Babbit]] is another famous example. [[Brad Pitt]] was recently criticized for calling his daughter Shiloh, on the grounds that it could result in an unfortunate spoonerism.
+A [[spoonerism]] is created when a speaker switches the consonants between two words. For example: "shake a tower" as a substitution for "take a shower." The [[Shel Silverstein]] book [[Runny Babbit]] is another famous example.
 [[Category:Cutlery]]

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 ==Other Uses==
-[[Spoonerism]] a spoonerism is created when a speaker switches the consonants between two words. For example: "shake a tower" as a substitution for "take a shower." The [[Shel Silverstein]] book [[Runny Babbit]] is another famous example. [[Brad Pitt]] was recently criticised for calling his daughter Shiloh, on the grounds that it was an unfortunate spoonerism.
+A [[spoonerism]] is created when a speaker switches the consonants between two words. For example: "shake a tower" as a substitution for "take a shower." The [[Shel Silverstein]] book [[Runny Babbit]] is another famous example. [[Brad Pitt]] was recently criticized for calling his daughter Shiloh, on the grounds that it could result in an unfortunate spoonerism.
 [[Category:Cutlery]]

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 There are various types of spoons, including soup spoons (a mid-size spoon with with a round bowl), dessert spoons (a mid-size spoon with an oval bowl), serving spoons (a large usually oval spoon used for conveying food from a serving dish to a plate or bowl), teaspoons (small oval spoons), coffee spoons (even smaller oval spoons), egg spoons (often made of horn), grapefruit spons (an oval spoon with a deep bowl and a sharp edge), and jam spoons (which have cutaways like a violin on each side of the bowl).
-A [[spork]] is a cross between a spoon and a fork.
+A [[spork]] is a cross between a spoon and a [[fork]].
 ==Other Uses==

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	A '''spoon''' is an eating utensil characterized by its smooth concave surface (from the eater's point of view).		A '''spoon''' is an eating utensil characterized by its smooth concave surface (from the eater's point of view).