[Tsuwabuki]

I, too, learned how to use chopsticks as a child. I greet surprise that I can use chopsticks with surprise that anyone would think I can't. Not many Japanese ask me chopstick related questions anymore. After all, I don't go around asking Japanese people if they can use a knife and fork, or condescendingly tell them how skilled they are when they do. It's a habit that irks me to no end, and I'm glad it doesn't happen anymore, because it requires me to pay careful attention to my response when it does.