9411 are you lefthanded or righthanded?

What about ambidextrous? They are an even smaller percentage of the population... but they do exist. My hustand is one....

I'm typing this with my nose. :wideeyed:

[quote=Gala Placidia;88280]What about ambidextrous? They are an even smaller percentage of the population... but they do exist. My hustand is one....[/quote]

I am too. There is a drawing of me done by my father when I was six, holding a pencil in my left hand but now I use my right hand.

PS I see that you can add an option to the poll .....

I am also left handed and living in Umbria. My Geometra is also lefthanded as is an english friend who has lived here for about 10 years. Lefthanded people are more creative, they say, so perhaps we are more inclined/able to improve our lot when it becomes unsatisfactory.

Nicola D

[quote=Sally Donaldson;88283]I am too. There is a drawing of me done by my father when I was six, holding a pencil in my left hand but now I use my right hand.

PS I see that you can add an option to the poll .....[/quote]

I think that in our times you were forced to use your right hand for writing and drawing as teachers believed that this was best for you. It happened with my husband and now he uses his right hand for writing and drawing; however, he could use both and he really has more strength in his left than in his right hand.

speaking also as a leftie Umbrian - with creative tendencies - this is all getting very sinister (sorry, someone had to make that pun).

[quote=juliancoll;88282]I'm typing this with my nose. :wideeyed:[/quote]

yes, but which nostril do you lead with?

In our time??? Cheeky girl!!! It also could be that I was being observed via a mirror. However there are some things I naturally do with my left hand when left handed people do with their right hand.

Sally, then you are definitely ambidextrous as the use of the right or the left hand comes naturally depending on what you are doing.

[quote=Sally Donaldson;88303]It also could be that I was being observed via a mirror. [/quote]possibilmente il tuo padre era dentro d'una camera obscura :laughs:

Ahhh, but does left and right handish, automatically make you left or right eared .....think about the next time you are on the phone ...........:eerr:

... and then there's the whole question of which foot you kick with. I'm naturally right-footed but as I've got older use my left a lot more. I tend to put in better crosses with my left when I don't have time to think about it too much.

Judging from the results so far, this polll looks likely to produce a classic example of the phenomenon of 'response bias'.

I.e., a higher proportion of left-handers are likely to vote on it, as they are more likely to be aware of and interested in the issue of handedness.

[quote=pigro;88300]yes, but which nostril do you lead with?[/quote]

The middle one. I'm well balanced, both sides of my brain work equally poorly.

Who .......in there left or right mind showed SD how to do polls..........just kidding .sally, but I do owe ya one ......snigger

I'm right handed although I eat lefthanded. My dad was the third born and he is left handed. My brother has three children and his third born is left handed. I have 4 children and my third born is left handed.

Left handed, as is my father,and my son.....
And as it means you use different parts of the brain to those who are righthanded,it becomes clear why so many on here are argumentitive.

Thankfully i am able to curb that side of my personality....:laughs:

Did you manage that by chopping your left or right hand off? :laughs:

I seem to remember that Italians regard left hand people as being very lucky in life!!!

[quote=Noble;88408]I seem to remember that Italians regard left hand people as being very lucky in life!!![/quote]

Dam so that's where it went wrong!!! lol Shall I then cut of my right hand and use only the left one??? lol

What about the guy that said he would give his right arm to be ambidextrous:laughs::laughs::laughs::laughs:

yup, another left handed umbrian here,left handed for writing, painting,drawing.right handed useing knife and fork but left handed useing spoon.right sided throwing,kicking.pretty mixed up really.i myself was poked with a sharp stick at school if i used my left hand but the teacher could not read my writing, so was allowed to use my left.i also talk with a limp and have the most eyes you`ve ever seen.:laughs:

Just picking up on the sinister pun, I was intrigued by the latin origin and can only assume that the connection with evil is why young kids were always forced to use their right hand, causing stammering and speach difficulties for some. Wikipedia defines Sinister being originally a Latin term for left or to the left (and by extension, left-handedness), and is used in heraldry to refer to the left of the bearer of the arms, and to the right by the viewer's eyes. It is often used to mean evil.

I am right handed

As Russ raised the subject of the connection between "sinister" and heraldry, just one more interesting point. In the coat of arms of an illegitimate son, the helmet has to look towards the "sinister" side to differentiate from the armory of a legitimate descendant.... Just in case somebody asks "what about women", we are never entitled to bear helmets, so it makes no difference.

[quote=Gala Placidia;88440]As Russ raised the subject of the connection between "sinister" and heraldry, just one more interesting point. In the coat of arms of an illegitimate son, the helmet has to look towards the "sinister" side to differentiate from the armory of a legitimate descendant.... Just in case somebody asks "what about women", we are never entitled to bear helmets, so it makes no difference.[/quote]

The left handed Joan of Arc ( the only left handed saint I think ) whould have something to say about helmets ( every pun intended) :yes:

I am also a lefty, people here still think its a birth defect! but anything they can do I can do better!

Hi All

Back after a really nice trip back to the UK (London), felt like a tourist but that was fine!

Noticed that attitude and service, in the four years since we have left, seems to be split - either really good or bl++dy appalling.

As for handedness for what its worth both my partner and I, relocaters to Italy some 5 years ago, are both lefthanded. Perhaps we are the non-conformists or 'devil's children' that previous generations feared.

As a child, many attempts were made to 'correct me', so now I am right handed in skills that are taught - holding a racquet, using scissors, knitting etc. but left handed in more 'natural' tasks - writing, ball throwing, cutting with a knife and sewing.

Buona Domenica