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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:02:47 GMT
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> I was pretty much ambidexterous when I was young--wrote with both hands until my
> Gr. 1 or 2 teacher (can't remember which) sat me down and told me to 'pick a
> hand' 'cause my printing of letters would either slant to the left or to the
> right, depending on which hand I used. I don't know how I ended up choosing to
> write with my left hand, but that's what happened. Though everything else I do
> (hockey, baseball, scissors, etc) I am right handed predominant.
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> Eh, I've always been a little mixed up, why should my 'handedness' be any
> different...
Plus, you've got that goofy metric system to worry about.
I don't doubt your tale at all, though it reminds me of other people I've known
who've made claims of ambidexterity: Usually it amounts to "I write with my
right hand, and I can use a hammer or a fork with my left hand, so I'm
ambidextrous." Okay then.
Come to think of it, I've come across lots of people who claim all kinds of
mental quirks that are hard to verify or disprove "I have dyslexia/I have ADHD/I
have Asberger's etc. etc. etc." The habit seems to serve a desire to be
perceived as having "overcome" something, or to preserve a justification for
failing to achieve some desired but unattained goal. That's not to say that
these conditions are themselves fictitious, but I've met a statistically
improbable number of self-diagnosed sufferers.
End of digression, maybe.
Half a lifetime ago I worked at a Burger King, wherein the "fry scooper" had
only one handle, and it was on the right. I jokingly claimed that this was
discrimination against lefties, and I was assured that "no it isn't, because
there are more righties than lefties." Oh.
Dave!
(left handed, if you're wondering)
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| (...) <snipp> (...) Does writing with your left hand make you left handed, or, as in my case, since I'm basically right-handed predominant except for writing (and who writes anymore, anyway) would I be considered right-handed? Dave K (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've always viewed it as mixed-handedness when you do some things with one and some things with the other. Being fully ambidextrous should require being able to do everything with either hand at will, and being partially ambidextrous should (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I was pretty much ambidexterous when I was young--wrote with both hands until my Gr. 1 or 2 teacher (can't remember which) sat me down and told me to 'pick a hand' 'cause my printing of letters would either slant to the left or to the right, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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