@ghost-of-a-duke saidAnd dexterous, which has the opposite kind of connotations, comes from the word for right.
'Sinister' as you may know, is the Latin word for left-handed.
I think it was this connection between being left-handed and being perceived as evil/sinister that fuelled a lot of the pressure to switch hands.
@rank-outsider saidSir, we deliver wisdom to the forum.
And dexterous, which has the opposite kind of connotations, comes from the word for right.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidMaybe because you have a right-handed mouse?
Strangely, I have to use a computer mouse with my right hand, but everything else I do with my left.
Left-handed mouses are available - honest!
I'm right-handed but as a teacher I am acutely aware of left-handedness in the young ones - I try and demonstrate writing/cutting/sticking with both hands.
Both my daughters are lefties - it is a minor annoyance that I have to supply
them with their own scissors as neither kindy or school have left-handed ones.
We are looking at getting left-handed rulers and protractors for Christmas from UK.
And of course - left-handed tin-openers for when they are older!
@wolfgang59 saidAt home I use a laptop, so circumnavigate this problem. At work, however, there is a blatant disregard for the needs of the lefty.
Maybe because you have a right-handed mouse?
Left-handed mouses are available - honest!
I'm right-handed but as a teacher I am acutely aware of left-handedness in the young ones - I try and demonstrate writing/cutting/sticking with both hands.
Both my daughters are lefties - it is a minor annoyance that I have to supply
them with their own scissors as neither kind ...[text shortened]... otractors for Christmas from UK.
And of course - left-handed tin-openers for when they are older!
I have also adapted over the years to right-handed gizmos.
@very-rusty saidIn baseball, one always wears the mitt on their non-dominant hand so they can throw the ball with their dominant hand. Catching a ball is easier than throwing a ball.
Interesting Dive...When I played hockey as a forward I was a right handed shooter, also when I played goal as I got older my catching glove was on the right hand, in baseball I could switch hit also caught the ball with my right hand as a catcher for the pitcher. So could use the right hand to a certain degree. Oh yes and always used the middle right hand finger for the finger salute! 😉
-VR
And while I used to throw 'like a girl', practice has improved this, and I now have excellent eye-hand coordination and I'm even good at darts (still better with shurikens, though).
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@suzianne saidThis is true, how about the switch hitting I had to use my supposedly weaker arm, but then again I guess I am actually using both.
In baseball, one always wears the mitt on their non-dominant hand so they can throw the ball with their dominant hand. Catching a ball is easier than throwing a ball.
What about you lefty or righty?
-VR