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I was taught that it's rude to touch food with your hands. Most dishes that come with chips need the use of a knife and fork for the other items anyway, why put them down and grab one part of the food? Also, chips are supposed to be really hot.
That reasoning makes sense. We (kiwis) all use our fingers to eat battered fish, crabsticks, squid rings, battered sausage on a stick, etc etc but if you need a knife and fork for those anyway then putting it down for chips would be annoying.
That explains why a couple of the UK people in my life want plates for their fish, too. They probably want to use a knife on it, and doing that on newsprint is not a good idea.
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No? It just becomes normal. Same as not eating worms.