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Well, of 9 people who posted their handedness, we got some surprising results. This just reflects which hand people said they write with, as that tends to be how we identify our handedness.
We ended up with four lefties (Max Q, Hyla, Bridget96, maverick), one ambi (wwh), and four righties (Sparteye, BlanchePatch, FiberBabe, of troy).
Not the expected distribution, by any means.
Anyone else care to post (or PM me, to keep the suspense up) and I'll let y'all know where we end up?
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>to keep... suspense up
I keep suspense up withs a belt, which I loops to the left, sos i musts be right-handed? hth.
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We ended up with four lefties (Max Q,Hyla, Bridget96, maverick)I fear that I don't truly belong on that list. I am left-handed, but I have strong suspicions that it is only by force of circumstance. I think like a "left-brainer", and am useless at all the arty-farty creative stuff that left-handers are supposed to be good at. All the indications are that my being left-handed was a last-second survival chioce made to minimise the impact of CP. I am, if you will, a dextral in sinistral clothing. How sinister is that? 
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We ended up with four lefties (Max Q,Hyla, Bridget96, maverick)
Add me! Add me! [raising left hand]
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Max - your description of your being a left-brained lefty struck a chord, as that's just how I am. I have zero artistic ability, tend to think along the typical left-brain lines (as I've come to understand them), etc. However, in conducting the survey, I've had to draw lines somewhere, so have focused exclusively on which hand people use to write. So, I think we both pass as lefties and form part of what is so far a very unusual distribution.
Now - what is "CP," around of which you were trying to steer the impact?
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what is "CP,"Sorry.  Cerebral Palsy, involving (hence the whole "hemi, demi, semi" thread) "R. hemiparesis due to birth hypoxia." As a child, one of the favourite taunts kids would throw at each other was, "up your nose with a rubber hose", and it used to give me great glee to be able to say, "been there, done that."
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I am definitely a righty. The ONLY thing I always attempt to do with my left hand is open the tops on glass jars. I don't know why that is, but it makes me a lousy jar-opener. And by the way, does anyone have any idea whether for some reason left-handedness is more prevalent in men than in women? I only know one woman who is left-handed, whereas I know at least 5 men (off the top of my head) who are...
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I think that left-handedness, like many rescessive traits, predominates in males. Something under twenty percent of the population is left-handed, although I believe that a disproportionate number of sinisters are in technical fields.
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Right-handed with zero artistic ability.
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< which hand people use to write>
Hi Hyla from right-handed paulb.
I wonder how long the "writing" hand will determine whether a person is right- or left-handed? I would surmise that more "writing" is done on a keyboard these days than with pen and paper.
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