I'm American but since I'm in Europe so often I seem to have adopted their custom of using a knife and fork with one exception: I am right-handed but it feels so wrong to hold the fork in my left hand and the knife in my right hand, so I don't. I'm adept at using a knife with my left hand and don't look or feel awkward at all. However, I've been told that since I'm right-handed that the way I'm doing it is wrong. I have some rather important business dinners coming up in the next few months (mostly in the UK), and it's important that I (at least appear!) well-cultured.

Is it really so bad to place the knife in my left hand when I'm actually right-handed? I never switch. The only way you can really tell that I'm right-handed is when I use my right hand to pick up a glass. I'd rather pick up the glass with my left hand than have to use my right hand to cut!

Opinions please! Thanks.