Left handed ?

[funkymoped]

how many of us are left handed ?

up to about a year ago, i was almost 100% left handed, but with the job i do now i find im using my right hand more and more.

any "right handed" comments about lefties is welcome.

[boobesque]

ooh forgot to add, i myself am a twin, my brother who sadly passed away at 2 was predominately left handed and i am ambidexterous, i can write the same with my left as i do my right, my mum again a twin is also ambidextrous!

[joko]

there is no evidence to suggest lefties are more intelligent (if you are referring to lea from big brothers stupid statement)

the theory is something to do with which sides of the brain relate to which areas of intelligence -these can sometime be different for a left handed person.

one of the dumbest people i have ever met was a left hander - nice guy but dumb.

incidentally, i am right handed but i can write backwards fluently and in joined up writing with my right hand.

[B00]

Odd that you should say that Boobs, as I was a twin, sadly she was stillborn.

Ooooo isn't that spooky?

[B00]

This makes interesting reading.

[boobesque]

that is spooky boo!

joko, my sons biological father was a lefty and he was thick as thick could ever be! my partner is a lefty and is the most inteligent person i know (and i am not biased on that one, his brains frighten me sometimes!)

[rogerr]

I have noticed that many people on TV are left handed, both actors and presenters. If you watch anyone write on TV, I would say that the majority are left handed.

My dad was left handed (he had his left hand tied behind his back at school) and as my brother and I copied him we sort of became ambidextrous. My brother always got picked for the footie team as he became right and left footed.

[helliebobs]

thanks for that boobesque, I did wonder. my nephews are twins and one is left handed, the other is right.

[jump79]

I am left handed. And yes, I feel discriminated against sometimes, by having to 'learn' to do things using my right hand (also my weaker hand). Majority rules, I guess.

[Hammer Head]

I don't think left-handedness runs in families. I am mostly left-handed, but my two children, my brother and sister and my parents are all right handed.

For the record, I write left, play tennis left, play snooker and golf right, eat with a fork or spoon left, use a screwdriver right, shoot a gun left (not that I do). So I'm a bit of an oddity.

[Dolly1308]

My elder sister was a lefty in a large family of right-handers, bit slow at school but boy did she come in the brains department when she started work .She was made to use her right hand at school .My eldest son is a lefty ,had trouble at trouble at school but now is good at what he does ,my 3 other children are all right -handed .I had a "bleed" during my pregnancy with him ! so I wonder if he would have been a twin ?

[smudge]

Hi funkymoped - I'm left handed.

I asked the same question some time ago & rec'd some interesting answers Here too.

[smudge]

Best to srat at the first page, seeing as there were 64 posts! Here

[smudge]

*I meant start not strat - been a long day!

[joko]

wow, boo, the paedophilia bit in that link is a bit strange, eh? not sure its such a good idea of them to bandy that around as 'fact'!!

[*Zeus*]

Not me....left handism is the sign of the Devil or summink isnt it?

[B00]

Gotta admit joko, I found that bit disturbing!

[whiffey]

I am mainly left-handed, except for cricket and playing guitar. Unquestionably left-handers are supremely intelligent :)

I learned somewhere that King George VI had a stutter because he was forced to write with his right hand, it being deemed not proper for the monarch to be a sinistral.

As a kid when I injured my left hand and couldn't write, they tried to force me to use my right - my Dad, bless him, kept me away from school until they stopped.

[*Zeus*]

Left handed snooker players, and footballers like Maradonna seemed to have better passing and placement of shots. Is that to do with the right side of the brain controlling something ?
Commentators always talk about a player having a "sweet" left foot.

[yinyang]

My husband and are both left handed( neither of us twins as far as we're aware) but we've got twin girls and they're both right handed.

I use my right hand for things that I was taught to do by right handed people e.g knitting and playing guitar but my left hand for anything else.

My dad's sister was left handed and at school they tied her left hand to her chair and forced her to use her right hand. That was only 50 years ago - can you imagine what would happen if a teacher tried it today!

[Gef]

I am a total 'lefty' when it comes to skillful things picked up at a young age - writing, kicking a ball etc.

However, I use my mouse right-handed and smoke right handed which means that I can still use my left hand for other things such as writing at the same time.

Fascinating subject but there are no clear cut answers.

Just a thought. Why in the UK do we drive on the left which means that you have to change gear with the left hand?

A tin opener is a tin opener. How is it left or right handed?

Too much wine already but I'll go and open another bottle with the corkscrew in my left hand.

Cheers.