Some people call these the same thing, and other people have different names for them — and it can depend on where you live!

[nickiquote@mstdn.social]

@grammargirl Spatula (l), fish slice (r).

[me@mastodon.peterjanes.ca]

@grammargirl Every item advertised by Spatula City seems to be the one on the right, so that's definitive for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVrRfiG6C3E&t=3

[grammargirl@zirk.us]

@mariyadelano Sorry, I just fixed it!

[grammargirl@zirk.us]

@categulario Oh, wow! That's a surprise.

[cogdog@cosocial.ca]

@grammargirl I think of spatula (right) as what you use to flip things in a fry pan or grill. The thing on left is more like for stirring batter. I have seen them listed as “scraper” (and spatula).

It’s more fun with disagreement.

[buercher@tooting.ch]

@grammargirl spatule (FR)

[queenofnewyork@newsie.social]

@grammargirl Rubber scraper and spatula. But I know the one on the left is sometimes a spatula, too.

[bransonturner@mastodon.social]

@grammargirl okay, some of us named Turner are really feeling left out in the comments, here

[mikal@sfba.social]

@grammargirl

I'm going to listen to this! But first, before I get biased, I've always thought it weird that they were both called spatulas. In my world, the one on the left is usually a "rubber spatula". One of the saddest things I ever heard was that some people refer to those as "child cheaters", i.e. you use it to wipe the cookie batter bowl clean instead of letting the kid lick the bowl.

[chrisamoody@podvibes.co]

@grammargirl I call them both spatula's also

[oneinterestingfact@mastodon.ie]

@grammargirl
the one on the left doesn't have a name; it's a scraper, you could call it that if you like.
the one on the right is a fish slice. all other answers are wrong.

[muddle@infosec.exchange]

@grammargirl Since nobody has mentioned it, I'd say both are spatulas but I'd also call the one on the right a "flipper."

[edit: ah, I see it's mentioned in tfa]

[muddle@infosec.exchange]

@grammargirl also, anyone reminded of the Spatula Heaven scene/ad from UHF?

[peediewee@mstdn.social]

@grammargirl @Nickiquote the one on left is a spatula, one one the right is a fish slice. i'm scottish.

[notsoloud@expressional.social]

@grammargirl
Danish: Dejskraber (doughscraper) / spatel (spatula)

[smithjonathan@c.im]

@Nickiquote @grammargirl Same here (Yorkshire). Mind, I've never seen anyone slice a fish with it. It'd be more appropriate to call it a fry-up flipper...

[wcbdata@vis.social]

@grammargirl
"spatula"
"no, the other spatula"

[leebennett@mastodon.social]

@grammargirl Y’all seem to not know a basic “bowl scraper” when you see one.

[nours@eldritch.cafe]

@grammargirl
In french the first is "une maryse" and the second "une spatule"

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@grammargirl Language is wild and interesting.