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have we ever done a survey here to see who's dexter and who's sinister?
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I love this title, Max!!  eta, we did so a lo-o-o-o-n-g time ago. It's certainly time to do it again. Last time *our little cross-section of society was way ahead of the average of lefties, which isn't a surprise, since we are more creative and intelligent in general. Having siad that, I'll start. LEFT
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more creative and intelligent in general
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it's been said only those who are left handed are in their right minds!
Two leftie brothers but I am always RIGHT ;-)
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double dexterity, (but not ambidexterous!) mostly RIGHT, but many task lefty, and some either hand (so partially ambidexterous!)
-which neatly fits in with my thinking/personality.. not one, not the other, nor both, except sometimes...)
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I am the polar's opposite...
On a side note--my first glance at that url gives me "there gister".
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Left write, right mouse... other tasks largely equidysfunctional 
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More right than left but I could switch if I needed to. I did learn to use chopsticks with my left.
sjmaxq - is queer da, I like it. da reich, ja is the only pun I could come up with but it's too many languages.
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>sjmaxq - is queer da, I like it
Grassias. I used it because I'm curious how the Iberians ended up with such a different word for their better half. French and Italian have continued the sinister theme of the Roman imperialist agressors, where did Spanish come up with izquierda?
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where did Spanish come up with izquierda?According to this site http://www.basque-red.net/eng/euskaeng/ostrowsk.htmit's from Basque: Basque ezker „left (part), left hand“ explains Spanish izquierdo „left“ and izquierda „left hand, (political) left“ (see also esquerre in Catalan and Gascon)
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I'm mostly right, but can do most things fairly well, if rather slowly, with my left when necessary.
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I'm further to the right than Genghiz Khan ...
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How far to the right *was G. Khan?
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Even further than that notoriously right-wing nationalist, Josef Marionovich Djugashvilli.
But are we writing about the right rite?
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I'm with oT, mostly right but hemi-semi-demi left, enough so that when faced with a new task if it seems more convenient I'll learn it with the left hand without a qualm.
Is anybody keeping score? (Indeed, have twenty people replied?) I presume there was at least one among us interested enough to start the thread!
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I didn't start the thread, but I did ask about the numbers, so here's what I've got so far: L R Ambi
3 8 2(both of whom said mostly right) I'm not very good at math, so somebody better check it...
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I don't post often, but read often - so I'll tell you.
Mostly LEFT. Out of four kids, two left and two right. I have learned to do some things right-handed (knitting, making oboe reeds, mousing) but my right-handed writing and eating skills would need some hefty practice to make useful.
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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Gee, vanguard, if you tried to knit of make reeds with your other hand, would you have to do some lefty practicing? ;-)
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Thank, vanguard, for weighing in!! Not at all to slight y'all right-handers, but these sketchy microcosmic results provided by etaoin prove my point. Whatever it was.
vanguard, you make oboe reeds?! We are not worthy.... I always felt if I ever played a wind instrument it'd have to be something reedless. I'm way too much the klutz.
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thanks, Mr Hand.
The genes underlying handedness might also explain why our brains are asymmetrical. And left-handed or ambidextrous people are more likely to store language in the right side of the brain, are more prone to schizophrenia and , anecdotally, are more often creative or even geniuses.
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RIGHT HANDED
Well, ever since the whole "chopped finger" incident anyway. I used to write with my left hand occasionally and do all my calculation (on those office electronic calculators) with my left hand.
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Ah, yes... the chopped finger incident (stroking beard thusly).
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