KUTSARA'T TINIDOR

I wonder why kutsara is identified as a woman, and tinidor as a man. And like most of us (Filipinos) know about our silly belief, that when someone accidentally dropped a spoon, be ready for a female visitor, and for the fork, you know the story, my curiosity with these utensils did not end there. My late grandmother who was a very good cook and a kitchen bum wasn’t much of a believer in this myth though hehe.


Last Friday, as we were having food and beverage binge at Beng’s house, and as I sang wholeheartedly to magic sing’s “For All We Know,” I overheard them (Nance, Beng, Ate Helen and Jhanzy) all agreed upon saying that boys are really smarter than girls. I definitely, absolutely, and “ik” ly disagree with that, though I kept my silence. For me, it was not a question of whoever is the best. My opinion always stands for the “it depends” category. Or maybe as a woman, my ego was hurt. Hehehe. I am a feminist. For the postulations I learned in my MA subject (Discourse), I really may have embraced that of feminism.


One inane “Mhey” point, do we often say “kutsara’t tinidor” or “tinidor at kutsara”?


Of course we say the former “kutsara’t tinidor” more often because it is easier in a sense that a letter (“a” from the article “at”) was omitted. So it is indeed shorter. Haha.
And because kutsara is identified as a woman, (kutsara is mentioned first in “kutsara’t tinidor” di ba?) therefore a woman stands ahead of man. Another Haha.


I was only kidding, feministically.


Of course, it is still depends. How one is brought up, values, educational attainment, etcetera yadah yadah blah blah, for the whole package of a person, these are significant. It is not based on the gender that someone is best in his or her field. The gender issue shouldn’t be a valid point.


So what now? Wala lang. Tara let’s eat like Pinoys do. Without spoon and fork. (Even in English language, we are used to saying spoon and fork, not fork and spoon) Ehehehehe my theory. Don’t take this seriously.


Kainan na!!... :P