Right-handed or Left-handed? Please help.

Stitchawl · 01-30-2013, 07:55 PM

Most of the world is right-handed. The figures vary, but lefties average about 15% of the population. But we ex-pats noticed that our numbers suggest above 30% of us are lefties, as are artists, explorers, musicians, and several other specific areas of humanity.

This got me wondering about 'readers.' How do we compare with world averages.

Are you a lefty?
Right handed?
Or ambidextrous?

Stitchawl

red_phoenix · 01-30-2013, 08:06 PM

I am right handed. Looking forward to the results.

WT Sharpe · 01-30-2013, 08:07 PM

I'm right-handed, but one of my two siblings is left-handed. I do occasionally write with my left hand and concentrate on playing piano melodies with my left hand just to give my brain a workout.

74Cuda · 01-30-2013, 08:11 PM

I am right handed except for batting a baseball or chopping wood.

poohbear_nc · 01-30-2013, 08:24 PM

I am predominantly right-winged, errrr, handed. But am fairly ambidextrous - I can operate a calculator/adding machine with my left hand, shoot basketball with my left hand, etc.

cromag · 01-30-2013, 08:28 PM

I'm strongly right handed.

Stitchawl · 01-30-2013, 08:32 PM

So far, we're right around the statistical norm... But with only a few of us responding, the figures don't mean so much. I'm hoping for 50-100 responses to make it more accurate.

Our informal ex-pat poll had over 200 people asked, with 70 being left-handed. This might be interesting...

Stitchawl

Tattncat · 01-30-2013, 10:11 PM

I am left-handed, however, life has made me ambidextrous. Although, I use the mouse on my left and and the ten-key on my right and write with either.

FizzyWater · 01-30-2013, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tattncat

I am left-handed, however, life has made me ambidextrous.

I agree with this (and am also a lefty who is fairly ambidextrous due to the general right-handed-ness of life).

I, however, prefer to use my right-hand for the mouse. I want my left hand free for making notes, if necessary.

Love.Forever. · 01-31-2013, 01:58 AM

Left-handed

troll05 · 01-31-2013, 02:00 AM

Strong and only right handed. Unfortunately as is often with people like me my creative abilities trend towards zero.
My two half-brothers are both lefties, one is a gifted musician, the other a fairly good painter, my abilities are more on the technical side.

Stitchawl · 01-31-2013, 02:02 AM

Wow! Interesting-er and interesting-er! I know 21 people don't give much accuracy but... Already almost twice the statistical norm!

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 01-31-2013, 02:07 AM

Not sure how to answer as I was forcibly converted in school. I eat left handed but that could be from extended time in Europe. I use screwdrivers with my left hand, go back and forth with hammers. Any cutting instruments I use right handed. I am definitely right eyed. My son though who is very dominant right handed is extremely left eyed.

troll05 · 01-31-2013, 02:12 AM

Might be due to the topic of this forum, computerworks is considered to be more creative than technical.

Just look around how many people here are writers, poets or painters.

This poll would be even more interesting compared with the results of a similar one from a forum dedicated to something pure technical, like car engines or rocket science

Lynx-lynx · 01-31-2013, 03:40 AM

I'm left handed, but have found it useful to be able to control the use of both of my hands in tasks like mouse handling, bag carrying etc.

I don't think twice about using either hand to pick up stuff with, but decided early on only to use my left hand to write, although I was encouraged in the school environment to be able to write with both hands.

However, one thing I definitely can't do is use scissors with my left hand ... nope, has to be my right hand; I predominantly use my right hand with the kitchen carving knives. Also, I was told very early on in life that it's impolite to eat 'left-handedly' at the table, and that it would draw attention to my handedness - so I was taught to always eat right handed.

My father, a very strong left-hander, was bashed by the Nuns when at school every time he used his left hand to write, or pick anything up. He was a very bad dyslexic and I believe that that was the reason.

BTW, I don't have any obvious creative talents, although I've been told by some that I'm an 'original thinker' ..... which I presume at the time the statements were made (in a higher ed situation), that it was meant to illuminate my knowledge about myself -as opposed to a statement of deficit. So - perhaps that's what my left-handed attributable creative is: originality in certain situations. (Pity it wasn't entrepreneurship along with it, drat!!)

View Poll Results: Left-handed or Right-handed? Which are you?
Right handed	81	68.07%
Left handed	30	25.21%
Ambidextrous	8	6.72%
Voters: 119. You may not vote on this poll

01-30-2013, 07:55 PM	#1
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 9,370 Karma: 145494219 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kyoto, Japan Device: Sony 505, Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350	Right-handed or Left-handed? Please help. Most of the world is right-handed. The figures vary, but lefties average about 15% of the population. But we ex-pats noticed that our numbers suggest above 30% of us are lefties, as are artists, explorers, musicians, and several other specific areas of humanity. This got me wondering about 'readers.' How do we compare with world averages. Are you a lefty? Right handed? Or ambidextrous? Stitchawl

01-30-2013, 08:06 PM	#2
red_phoenix What we think we become Posts: 11,696 Karma: 46091618 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: In my imagination Device: Sony PRS-T1	I am right handed. Looking forward to the results. __________________ It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right. Unknown

01-30-2013, 08:07 PM	#3
WT Sharpe Grand Muckity-Muck Posts: 26,655 Karma: 70641104 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindles: Paperwhite/K-3/Touch, Sony PRS-600, iPod (audio books), iPad1	I'm right-handed, but one of my two siblings is left-handed. I do occasionally write with my left hand and concentrate on playing piano melodies with my left hand just to give my brain a workout. __________________

01-30-2013, 08:11 PM	#4
74Cuda MaxPuppy Rules Posts: 17,702 Karma: 21024398 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NW Oregon Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Acer A200	I am right handed except for batting a baseball or chopping wood. __________________

01-30-2013, 08:24 PM	#5
poohbear_nc Spring Chicken! Posts: 22,674 Karma: 37020252 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made + KoboGlo + Kobo Aura!	I am predominantly right-winged, errrr, handed. But am fairly ambidextrous - I can operate a calculator/adding machine with my left hand, shoot basketball with my left hand, etc. __________________ "If possible please provide picture of Mr. Chickens new home or field. Proof that you will not eat him would help too." (Craigslist)

01-30-2013, 08:28 PM	#6
cromag My own Cosmic Overlord Posts: 1,385 Karma: 2355366 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite, Acer Netbook, a new Android and an old Android	I'm strongly right handed. __________________ My first backlist story to be ebooked, free at Smashwords. My second. And my newest.

01-30-2013, 08:32 PM	#7
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 9,370 Karma: 145494219 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kyoto, Japan Device: Sony 505, Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350	So far, we're right around the statistical norm... But with only a few of us responding, the figures don't mean so much. I'm hoping for 50-100 responses to make it more accurate. Our informal ex-pat poll had over 200 people asked, with 70 being left-handed. This might be interesting... Stitchawl

01-30-2013, 10:11 PM	#8
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 559 Karma: 1029281 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	I am left-handed, however, life has made me ambidextrous. Although, I use the mouse on my left and and the ten-key on my right and write with either. __________________ Current reads The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon Read on everyone!

01-31-2013, 01:58 AM	#10
Love.Forever. Monarch Butterfly ... Posts: 216 Karma: 1018968 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Canada Device: iPod Touch 3rd gen, Samsung Galaxy S2 X, Nexus 7 32GB	Left-handed __________________ "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be" ♥ .. "Forever and Always" 

01-31-2013, 02:00 AM	#11
troll05 Harmloser Idiot Posts: 2,593 Karma: 1420731 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Zuhause Device: PB622, Nexus7, Sony PRS 350 und nur noch wenig toter Baum:(	Strong and only right handed. Unfortunately as is often with people like me my creative abilities trend towards zero. My two half-brothers are both lefties, one is a gifted musician, the other a fairly good painter, my abilities are more on the technical side. __________________

01-31-2013, 02:02 AM	#12
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 9,370 Karma: 145494219 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kyoto, Japan Device: Sony 505, Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350	Wow! Interesting-er and interesting-er! I know 21 people don't give much accuracy but... Already almost twice the statistical norm! Stitchawl

01-31-2013, 02:07 AM	#13
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 11,515 Karma: 40406970 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Not sure how to answer as I was forcibly converted in school. I eat left handed but that could be from extended time in Europe. I use screwdrivers with my left hand, go back and forth with hammers. Any cutting instruments I use right handed. I am definitely right eyed. My son though who is very dominant right handed is extremely left eyed. __________________ WELL BEHAVED WOMEN RARELY MAKE HISTORY! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING OR SELLING REAL ESTATE IN WASHINGTON STATE, I CAN HELP!

01-31-2013, 02:12 AM	#14
troll05 Harmloser Idiot Posts: 2,593 Karma: 1420731 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Zuhause Device: PB622, Nexus7, Sony PRS 350 und nur noch wenig toter Baum:(	Might be due to the topic of this forum, computerworks is considered to be more creative than technical. Just look around how many people here are writers, poets or painters. This poll would be even more interesting compared with the results of a similar one from a forum dedicated to something pure technical, like car engines or rocket science __________________

01-31-2013, 03:40 AM	#15
Lynx-lynx Kiki's in tune Posts: 754 Karma: 11380000 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Blackberry Playbook, Sony 650, Kobo Glo	I'm left handed, but have found it useful to be able to control the use of both of my hands in tasks like mouse handling, bag carrying etc. I don't think twice about using either hand to pick up stuff with, but decided early on only to use my left hand to write, although I was encouraged in the school environment to be able to write with both hands. However, one thing I definitely can't do is use scissors with my left hand ... nope, has to be my right hand; I predominantly use my right hand with the kitchen carving knives. Also, I was told very early on in life that it's impolite to eat 'left-handedly' at the table, and that it would draw attention to my handedness - so I was taught to always eat right handed. My father, a very strong left-hander, was bashed by the Nuns when at school every time he used his left hand to write, or pick anything up. He was a very bad dyslexic and I believe that that was the reason. BTW, I don't have any obvious creative talents, although I've been told by some that I'm an 'original thinker' ..... which I presume at the time the statements were made (in a higher ed situation), that it was meant to illuminate my knowledge about myself -as opposed to a statement of deficit. So - perhaps that's what my left-handed attributable creative is: originality in certain situations. (Pity it wasn't entrepreneurship along with it, drat!!) Last edited by Lynx-lynx; 01-31-2013 at 03:43 AM.


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