"charlie b" wrote in message
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Then I bought a bunch of maple and generated some
"scraps" that were suitable for a first try at making him a pair of
"chop sticks" (I really must ask what they're called in Chinese and Viet
Names).

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Nice story --

Mandarin -- chopsticks are "kuai zi"
Cantonese -- "kwai ji"
Vietnamese ??

Regards -- JimR