I always thought that was backwards and have done it the "wrong" way around since early childhood, in spite of my parents' disapproval. There are clear reasons

I always thought that was backwards and have done it the "wrong" way around since early childhood, in spite of my parents' disapproval. There are clear reasons why the left-hand-fork thing is an objectively strange choice: Firstly, the knife is optional. If you are eating say, pasta, with just a fork, why would you use your non-dominant hand? Secondly, putting the fork in your dominant hand minimises the chance of missing your mouth and stabbing yourself in the face. The importance of this is often overlooked by "traditionalists".