Right or Left Handed? - Page 4

DixieGal · 01-30-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Mine's more naughty than sinister [slaps own left hand off thigh - "Good sir! You assume too much!]

Cheers,
Marc

You are always the exceptions to all the rules.

montsnmags · 01-30-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

You are always the exceptions to all the rules.

I'm going to assume that you're saying "You're exceptional, Marc!".

Cheers,
Marc

Patricia · 01-30-2009, 08:22 PM

I'm left-handed and about to take offence...

montsnmags · 01-30-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I'm left-handed and about to take offence...

...take offence and castigate, I bound, unless I hedge my bets, ha-ha.

lilac_jive · 01-30-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I'm left-handed and about to take offence...

Don't be offended

We're just jealous

RWood · 01-30-2009, 10:28 PM

There is an old Paul Simon song sung by Simon & Garfunkel called A Simple Desultory Phillip with the lines:

I been Ayn Randed
And nearly branded
A Communist
'Cause I'm left handed
That's the hand to use
(Well, never mind.)

AprilHare · 01-31-2009, 01:13 AM

Lefties, in league with the Devil?

Seriously, I know people who were forced to learn to be right-handed in order to drive the Devil out of them.
The more important question should be: do lefties find using a ebook reader awkward, and is there demand for a leftie Sony Reader?

HarryT · 01-31-2009, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

Well the left hand used to be considered evil. Hence our jokes on sinister (Latin for "left" is sinistra, and gauche- french for left). I think it all harkens back to the days before toilet paper where you wiped yourself with the left hand. Nobody would want to shake that. But I could be wrong.

No, it has nothing to do with that.

The idea that the left was "unlucky" goes back to Roman times, when the practice of "augury" was used to determine how favourable (or otherwise) the "omens" were before any official state occasion. Augury was based on watching the flight of birds. A bird seen on the augur's right side was considered favourable, one seen on the left side was unfavourable. That's why the Latin for "left hand" - "sinistra" - became the English word "sinister", with its meaning of unlucky or ill-omened.

On a somewhat-related note, the modern word "inauguration" comes directly from the Roman practice of an augur taking the omens at the start of any official occasion.

Over · 01-31-2009, 06:21 AM

I use my right hand to write and my right foot to play soccer. I guess the right handed people are the evil ones, because that means their LEFT part of the brain is the dominant one! :O

Fledchen · 01-31-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by AprilHare

The more important question should be: do lefties find using a ebook reader awkward, and is there demand for a leftie Sony Reader?

I'm a rightie and I use my left hand on the page-turning buttons because I find it more comfortable to do so. I use the rocker/joypad instead of the arrow buttons next to the number keys. I find that using the arrow keys makes my right hand cramp.

HarryT · 01-31-2009, 08:32 AM

I'm left handed, but can use my CyBook very comfortably with either hand.

Patricia · 01-31-2009, 09:34 AM

And i find the Sony PRS500 and PRS505 very comfortable with either hand.

UncleDuke · 01-31-2009, 03:40 PM

left rules!

who would want to be otherwise?

Ceili · 01-31-2009, 11:37 PM

I'm a total lefty... my right arm (hand) could pretty much just hang there most of the time and I wouldn't know the difference. Except... when it comes to the Wii... for some reason, I Wii with my right almost as much as my left

Growing up, all of us kids were lefties, but my older brother was in school at a time when if you were left, they made you right...write.. right?

So, he became a really bad righty... and my mom swears, dyslectic after that. My younger brother writes left, but repairs mechanical things and bowls (

) righty. My new found older half-brother... is a lefty as well.

All of our parents were/are righties, our grandparents, aunts and all but one uncle... righties. I've got 16 or 17 first cousins on my da's side... all righties (as are their 10 or so kids!); 6 on mom's side... all righties.

My nephew started out messing around left, then right... and seems to be a righty so far.

So, out of approximately 60 people, 3 of us were lefties, 1 went right and dinner time was always fun with the relatives, those elbows... oi, those elbows.

I find the kindle perfect for me! I use the left to go one way, the right to go the other... and rarely if ever switch

cbell · 02-01-2009, 12:34 AM

Ceili, I'm a total lefty, too, except for using a mouse and Wii remote. Perhaps the Wii remote is similar to a mouse, so that's why we put it in the right hand for some things?

Like most lefties, I never bothered to learn how to use a mouse left-handed. (Well, I think most lefties use a mouse right-handed, anyway.)

Sadly for them, I come from a family of all-righties.

I have no trouble at all using my iLiad left-handed.

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01-31-2009, 11:37 PM	#59
Ceili well, that didn't work Posts: 103 Karma: 1027 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle	I'm a total lefty... my right arm (hand) could pretty much just hang there most of the time and I wouldn't know the difference. Except... when it comes to the Wii... for some reason, I Wii with my right almost as much as my left Growing up, all of us kids were lefties, but my older brother was in school at a time when if you were left, they made you right...write.. right? So, he became a really bad righty... and my mom swears, dyslectic after that. My younger brother writes left, but repairs mechanical things and bowls () righty. My new found older half-brother... is a lefty as well. All of our parents were/are righties, our grandparents, aunts and all but one uncle... righties. I've got 16 or 17 first cousins on my da's side... all righties (as are their 10 or so kids!); 6 on mom's side... all righties. My nephew started out messing around left, then right... and seems to be a righty so far. So, out of approximately 60 people, 3 of us were lefties, 1 went right and dinner time was always fun with the relatives, those elbows... oi, those elbows. I find the kindle perfect for me! I use the left to go one way, the right to go the other... and rarely if ever switch Last edited by Ceili; 01-31-2009 at 11:40 PM. Reason: must have been a right handed space bar ;)

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01-30-2009, 08:22 PM	#48
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'm left-handed and about to take offence...

01-30-2009, 10:28 PM	#51
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	There is an old Paul Simon song sung by Simon & Garfunkel called A Simple Desultory Phillip with the lines: I been Ayn Randed And nearly branded A Communist 'Cause I'm left handed That's the hand to use (Well, never mind.)

01-31-2009, 01:13 AM	#52
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Lefties, in league with the Devil? Seriously, I know people who were forced to learn to be right-handed in order to drive the Devil out of them. The more important question should be: do lefties find using a ebook reader awkward, and is there demand for a leftie Sony Reader?

01-31-2009, 06:21 AM	#54
Over Wizard Posts: 1,462 Karma: 6061516 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2", OnePlus 6	I use my right hand to write and my right foot to play soccer. I guess the right handed people are the evil ones, because that means their LEFT part of the brain is the dominant one! :O

01-31-2009, 08:32 AM	#56
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'm left handed, but can use my CyBook very comfortably with either hand.

01-31-2009, 09:34 AM	#57
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	And i find the Sony PRS500 and PRS505 very comfortable with either hand.

01-31-2009, 03:40 PM	#58
UncleDuke books & doughnuts Posts: 882 Karma: 37857 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: usa Device: sony reader, kindle2	left rules! who would want to be otherwise?

02-01-2009, 12:34 AM	#60
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Ceili, I'm a total lefty, too, except for using a mouse and Wii remote. Perhaps the Wii remote is similar to a mouse, so that's why we put it in the right hand for some things? Like most lefties, I never bothered to learn how to use a mouse left-handed. (Well, I think most lefties use a mouse right-handed, anyway.) Sadly for them, I come from a family of all-righties. I have no trouble at all using my iLiad left-handed.

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