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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> > One supposed explanation of why left handed is bad is if you think about
> > troops in a shield wall, and how badly such a formation would be messed
> > up by a left hander.
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> Only if the rest of the wall is made up of those goofy right-handers I keep
> hearing about!
I always thought it was because the left hand was the primordial
"wiping hand"--most people preferring the right meant that one
had to keep it clean. This may of course be apocryphal.
I'm a lefty in writing only--I favour my right for everything else.
Sort of "ambidextrous/either" rather than "ambidextrous/both."
> On the other hand (!) to use another period example, a lefty fighting his
> way up a spiral staircase would be at an advantage, since such stairways
> spiral counter-clockwise and thereby pin the swordarm of northpaws...
Actually, a lefty fighting their way up a spiral staircase would
still be at a disadvantage, because the opponent would be above
them. ;) And, of course, if the opponent were right-handed,
they would also not have their preferred arm pinned *and* would
be in the superior position. (Of course, if the enemy were not
wearing shinguards, recalculate the above. ;) )
Interesting thoughts. I'll have to go look at some of my lefty-
lore (I have a bit of it at home) and see what I come up with.
I did get a bunch of left-handed paraphernalia when I was a teen,
including a notebook (useful only if I write in Arabic, unfortunately)
some scissors, and a few other goodies (and a subscription to the
lefthanders' magazine, which I think is still out there). They
were really more like oddities to me, because I've largely given
in to the right-handed world on everything but writing and drawing.
I even pitch right-handed.
best
Lindsay
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| (...) You know, I never though much about this, but I pitch right and bat left - I'm sure that confused people in grade school ;-) Strangely enough, a LOT more than 10% of the people I know are left-handed. Something about my interests in general (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Undeniably, but the ascending lefty's disadvantage wouldn't be as great an ascending rightie would have fighting up those same steps. (...) I’m scandalized! No lefty would ever attempt such an un-chivalrous ploy! Dave! (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I've heard that as well. It was related to cultures with strong feelings/tradition around 'clean' and 'defiled', I seem to remember. (...) "I admit it--your are a better swordsman than I." "Then why are you smiling?" "Because I know something (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sinister one might even say (for a very good example of the thinking of "left" as bad). And of course right handed is good (dexter). One supposed explanation of why left handed is bad is if you think about troops in a shield wall, and how (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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