Lefties and South Paws
By khayshenz
@khayshenz (1384)
United States
June 30, 2009 11:52pm CST
With all these lefties discussion poppin' up - I thought I'd ask who among us are lefties and what are some of the things that you've done in order to adapt to this righty world?
For me - when I write on paper, I twist the paper about 45 degrees so that I won't be dragging the side of my hand all over the ink as I write. TONS of people always find this weird and interesting. Another thing is the mouse - when I started using the mouse - it was lil bit weird - it's so, right-handed. I finally learned how to use it the "normal" way - but I can also use it the lefty way!
I've also learned to write using my right hand because at some point in my life, I was taught that lefties and south paws are bad luck. WHATEVER!
Lefties roll call - where you at??
2 responses
@artemis432 (7474)
• Abernathy, Texas
20 Jul 09
I think bad luck is all based in superstition. Most lefties are more likely to be able to use both hands - because its a right handed world while right handers panic if the say the mouse is on the left side and can't for the life of them (the one's I know) get the hang of it. We're lucky because we are less likely to get repetitive strain because we can change hands. Further, we're lucky because its thought that if your right handed the left side of your brain is dominant and vice versa but we use both so I think its moreintegrated.
The only problem i have is its difficult to work in small notebooks or cute journals because my hand gets cramped near the bottom and with runny ink its more likely to get on my hand then a righty!
@khayshenz (1384)
• United States
21 Jul 09
It's superstition, I know. But back in the day -almost everyone and their grandma believed them! It's nuts.
And I agree - lefties can adapt. They have to in order to survive this righty world.
Hope you'll eventually adapt to those cute notebooks and journals - so you can enjoy them!
@Riptide (2756)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Well, I was lefthanded as a child, but back then (in the 70s) it was thought that lefthanded people would have it harder in life so we were "retrained". I knew how to read and write at the age of 5 and I remember everybody always taking the pencil out of my left hand and putting it in my right hand, until I got used to writing right handed.
I was never punished or forced, I just got tired of being interrupted by having my pencil yanked out of my left hand lol.
The result is, that I had horrible handwriting and still do.The only way I can write nice, if all my leters lean to the left lol and I always get comments that my handwriting looks like a lefties when I do that.
I still have a lot of lefty traits. I brush my hair lefthanded and when my nose or ear itches, I automatically scratch with my left hand.
One of my sisters is also left handed, but try as they may, they weren't able to switch her to be a righty so they let her be lol.
@khayshenz (1384)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Ahhhhh - we all have different lefty experiences. Kind of interesting to hear.
I'm a lefty with RARE righty tendencies. I do everything with the left hand - well most activities, anyway. *shrugs*
Thanks for the input!