Left-handed or right-handed?

Cynder7 · Sep 30, 2008 8:03 PM

Which hand do you write with?

I write with left.

Kamineko · Sep 30, 2008 8:07 PM

right.

that's the way god intended it.

Kazoobie64 · Sep 30, 2008 8:19 PM

Oh Atresac, you hound.

Right for me, but sometimes I practice drawing with my left hand.

SavageNymph · Sep 30, 2008 8:28 PM

Im a right.Its good to be "right".Am I "right"?XD

John Man 1234 · Sep 30, 2008 8:30 PM

Right Handed I do sometimes write with my left though.

EclipsedMoon99 · Sep 30, 2008 8:40 PM

Right is right. Right-handed.

Aicebo · Sep 30, 2008 9:00 PM

Left.
But I always use the right hand for the mouse pad on the computer...=S

Stormy · Sep 30, 2008 9:15 PM

[sub]I am right handed. My handwriting with my left hand is terrible. =P[/sub]

SavageNymph · Sep 30, 2008 10:34 PM

My uncle is right and left.He knows how to right script with his left good.

SpyroandCynder4EVAH · Sep 30, 2008 10:47 PM

I'm right but I rarely writ japenese wors with my left and on my laptop, for the mouse I use left.

Lancer232 · Sep 30, 2008 11:50 PM

I'm right-handed...but for holding drinking glasses I use my left hand...odd.

Rurikredwolf · Sep 30, 2008 11:51 PM

Ambidextirous. Mostly becuase my handwritting is terrible anyway.

Paranoia · Oct 01, 2008 12:16 AM

Right Handed.

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 01, 2008 9:19 AM

I'm right-handed.

spyromaster330 · Oct 01, 2008 9:32 AM

I'm right handed.

EclipsedMoon99 · Oct 01, 2008 12:50 PM

Does anyone know how someone (I assume you're born with it) becomes right, left handed, or ambidextrous? Or is it just when you're like a toddler and you just starting using your motor skills pretty much?

A Guy · Oct 01, 2008 1:25 PM

You're born with it.

Cynder7 · Oct 01, 2008 5:20 PM

Lots of right-handeds..

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 01, 2008 6:04 PM

As far as I can remember, its slightly to do with genetics, and slightly to do with how you are raised. When you're born you will automatically prefer to use one hand over another, something to do with the genes you inherit I think. But, if you are raised to use one hand over another, then you will obviously become accustomed to using that hand. That's why there used to be just about no left-handed people. It used to be associated with the devil, so people weren't allowed to be left-handed. If a toddler seemed to prefer using their left hand then their parents would make them use their right.

EclipsedMoon99 · Oct 01, 2008 6:35 PM

Thanks Phoenix and A_Guy. I don't wanna like ruin the topic, but is there any reason why these things that I've noticed happen:

1. People who are left-handed almost always have good handwriting

2. Left-handed seems to be more common for girls

DragonWithinMe · Oct 01, 2008 7:06 PM

Lol, I'm left-handed and my writing is terrible! 'Cause I used to make my homework on the floor or on the bed. I would be right-handed if I wouldn't have got that surgery of my right thumb when I was baby. Btw, there's one bad side with writing with left hand: the led or the colour (whatever comes from what you use to write or color) colours the side of my hand while writing/colouring.

Phoenix_Flyer · Oct 01, 2008 7:20 PM

I have no idea if its more common for girls than boys. But I do know that whichever hand you write with has absolutely nothing to do with how neat you are. I'm really neat at writing, and I'm right-handed. I have a friend who is very neat and is left-handed. But I see people who are both right and left-handed who have atrocious writing! XD There is one thing I do notice though. Girls tend to have better hand-writing than boys! Though, saying that, I did know a boy who had gorgeous handwriting!

raven · Oct 02, 2008 2:57 AM

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:

I have no idea if its more common for girls than boys. There is one thing I do notice though. Girls tend to have better hand-writing than boys! Though, saying that, I did know a boy who had gorgeous handwriting!

EclipsedMoon is probably right, Wikipedia says that left handedness is more common in females than males (ok I know Wiki isn't always accurate). It has other interesting facts, such as only 7-10% of the population is left handed, and intelligent people are over-represented in left-handedness... (click here for source.)

Wikipedia: "Though constituting less than 10% of the general population, 66% of U.S presidents in the last thirty years have been left-handed, including Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Barack Obama and John McCain also happen to be left-handed. Left-handed people tend to be overrepresented in among the most intelligent and successful, as well as in Mensa. They include the likes of Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, Benjamin Franklin and others."

Also, a travelling tip: when visiting developing countries, especially in the Middle East, DON'T shake their left hand. [link]

Kamineko · Oct 02, 2008 3:02 AM

FUN FACT:

the arm of the hand opposite the one you write with is usually stronger than the other.

Spyro_Loves_Me · Oct 02, 2008 4:06 AM

Is it really? I don't think that's how it is with me.
Maybe my arms are just messed up. hmm
Anyways, I'm a righty.

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