I rotate!

How’s that for being annoying and indecisive.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7180661.stm

I hope you realise that you are quoting an American author. (notice my use of ’s’ instead of ‘z’!). Apparently Emily Post forgets to notice which side of the plate the knife and fork are placed - they are positioned so you don’t have ’swap’ hands. Besides, you should be aghast by the description of using the fork to ’shovel’ food!
Just so we are all on the same page, here are some pictures demonstrating the correct holding of the utensils:
* Fork: http://tinyurl.com/4cw4ln
* Knife: http://tinyurl.com/43xt8k

“THE PROPER USE OF THE FORK

As soon, therefore, as his hand is dexterous enough, the child must be taught to hold his fork, no longer gripped baby-fashion in his fist, but much as a pencil is held in writing; only the fingers are placed nearer the “top” than the “point,” the thumb and two first fingers are closed around the handle two-thirds of the way up the shank, and the food is taken up shovel-wise on the turned-up prongs. At first his little fingers will hold his fork stiffly, but as he grows older his fingers will become more flexible just as they will in holding his pencil. If he finds it hard work to shovel his food, he can, for a while, continue to use his nursery pusher. By and by the pusher is changed for a small piece of bread, which is held in his left hand and between thumb and first two fingers, and against which the fork shovels up such elusive articles as corn, peas, poached egg, etc.”
Emily Post (1873–1960). Etiquette. 1922.

This is elementary etiquette that is taught to a child upon becoming old enough to manage a fork. We’re talking 3. How old is the hubby?

To quote http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_etiquette :

“The European manner is to hold the knife and fork, in the right and left hands respectively, throughout consumption. The hand grasp is also different: in Europe it is considered better manners not to hold a knife or fork as one would hold a pen, but to have the handle running along the palm and extending out to be held by thumb and forefinger. This style is sometimes called ‘hidden handle’. This method is also common in Canada and other former parts of the British Empire. In contrast to the American method of using a fork much like a spoon (tines up), the British primarily use the fork with tines facing away from the user (tines down).”