.... 23 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Another left-hander here. I can do most things with both hands though, including write, (after an hour or two's practice to 'warm up'!). I took part in an experiment to measure two-handed dexterity (sic) once. The idea was to try and determine whether left-handers were better at doing right-handed things better than right doing left. Got the top score in that of around 97/8% ability.. The experiment results suggested that when doing workaday tasks right and left-handers are fairly similar in capability. When it came to doing intricate tasks though, left-handers were better using their right hand then right-handers using their left. Come on the left-handers! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Interesting definition of ambidextrous hinted at by Lizzie there - "One who is equally useless using either the right or left hand." Love it ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I read in yesterdays paper that parents at school were up in arms because the school were trying to get their kids to use a knife and fork properly,IE,fork in left hand. No wonder kids grow up with no manners.A SIMPLE THING like that,that should be taught at home anyway 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 My wife & stepson are both left handed but still use the fork in the left hand(ie eat normally) Try eating soup with a fork Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 My youngest daughter is left handed, but uses cutlery as a right handed person. The only reason I can think of is that I always set the table for right handed people. As a child I would put the pencils in front of her and allow her to pick them up with whichever hand she preferred, just never thought about it when setting the table. Her teacher was very understanding, it was a small village school with only 26 pupils, and went on a course for teaching left handed children. One of the aids to help Jo was to give her a higher chair so that she didn't smudge her writing, which apparently is quite common as we write from left to right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I don't understand this thing about it being "right" to use the fork in the left hand and wrong to use the right hand. Who says it's wrong or right? Why is it wrong to use your fork in your right hand? Is there some legislation which prohibits it? Presumably society will crumble and there will be anarchy on the streets if someone dares to use a fork with the wrong hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 No there wouldnt be anarchy on the the streets,its just SOCIAL GRACES. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 Left hander's ? ........Minority, as one poster said, about 10%. Why should anything change to suit the minority ? Seriously, both my kids are left handed and have never had any problem with it. It's all in the mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 The Western worlds system of writing from left to right obviously needs reversing --- so that us Lefties can pull instead of having to push !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 My paternal grandparents were both left handed, it was weird visiting for a meal, the table was always set left handed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 It was more of a problem in years past, as children were forced to conform to the norm of writing using their right hand, and often cruelly punished for being left handed. The main cause of many a stuttering child. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I have a pair of left handed scissors. I don't know how I acquired them but it's always a good laugh if any of the grandkids ask to use a pair of scissors and I give them the left handed ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I wonder if the Chinese have left-handed chopsticks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Both my wife and I are left handed, but all the kids are right handed......Where did we go wrong? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Re #40 - quote from Michael Flanders and Donald Swann "Misalliance" (regarding the marriage of the right handed honeysuckle and the left handed bindweed) "Consider your off-shoots, if off-shoots there be; They'll never receive any blessing from me. Poor little sucker, how will it learn - this way, or that way, which way to turn? Right? Left? - what a disgrace - Or it may go straight up and fall flat on its face!" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Write and many other things I do with the left,left and right at football..same as the kids..like to do some things right handed though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Sports and being right handed are interesting. Over here, a right handed ice hockey player holds their stick on the right as in cricket. In Canada and America, a rightie, holds their stick on the left so that the stronger hand is at the top rather than the control hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Clever people are left handed,two examples,JImi Hendrix,Paul Mcartney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Also,Leonardo Da Vinci,Bill Clinton,Barack Obama,Wesley Snipes,Drew Barrymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I have mentioned before about my 'shaky left hand' (i am left handed) when writing,shaving,eating etc,(its called essential.tremor)......its only when i try to use it that it shakes......,Pills work for so long then have no effect..............now doing a fair bit of writing with one of the jobs i do.......and must admit its a bit embarrassing at times. Anyway been reading up on writing with the less dominant hand..........they reckon if you practice about 15 minutes a day after 1 to 2 months you get proficient,.............so from today thats what i'm doing,.........be interesting to find out..........also going to try shaving and eating with the right hand,......so if you come in Wethers in Bulwell and see a chap with face covered in 'Plasters'.........and throwing Garden Peas all over you'll know it has'nt worked' 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Don't take up men's hairdressing then Ben ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 Or working as a tattooist 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 A good example of how dexterous the non-dominant hand can be is playing the guitar. I'm left handed, but my right hand does all the work - opposite if you're right handed !! -weird. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted September 14, 2017 Report Share Posted September 14, 2017 I have always eaten left handed, don't know why. Used to get moaned at for setting cutlery the wrong way round. So, Ben, you could be ambidextrous shortly! Still, its better than being a hermaphrodite...except I don't think that term is pc any longer! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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