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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Joakim Olsson wrote:
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> "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message
> news:I4CG4p.nt4@lugnet.com...
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> > You'd think so, but it's not completely true. Left-handers get left alone, but
> > ambidextrous people might not. I have a friend who's about 30 right now, and he
> > once told me that when he was growing up he could write equally well with either
> > hand (and usually wrote with whichever hand was most conveniently able to grab a
> > writing utensil, IIRC), but his teacher kept chiding him for writing with the
> > "wrong hand" when she caught him using his left, until eventually she'd trained
> > it out of him. Now he can only write with his right hand.
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> I can only write with my left hand.. and only use a scissor with my right. I
> use tools with both hands. (Screwdriver, hammer, saw, etc).
> (The scissor-thing is probably because I had to use righthanded scissors in
> scool)
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> I play tabletennis with my left.. and ordinary tennis with my right.
> Badminton with my right. I can only kick and throw a ball with my right
> hand/foot. When I started to play tabletennis I used to swap hands depending
> on the game, but I decided to use and develop my left hand.
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> My conclusion is that I use my left hand when I need more precision and my
> right when i need more strength.
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> BTW, I am hetero. =)
> /J
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.
Eh, I've always been a little mixed up, why should my 'handedness' be any
different...
Dave K
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| (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:I4CG4p.nt4@lugnet.com... (...) alone, but (...) and he (...) either (...) grab a (...) the (...) trained (...) I can only write with my left hand.. and only use a scissor with my (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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