What are you Lefty or Righty

[Mistress Guendolen]

Yup, that low. It further stated on the same page that it's been theorized that as much as half the world population would be left-handed, though, if people hadn't been forced/coached to only use their right hand for so many years and even up into the present day, as we've seen here.

[Cow Belle]

Ekk! It's the 'Bread and Butter Battle' all over again. :p

In the music world it really doesn't matter what handed you are. You still put the same hand down for the flute and other instruments. You still have to learn it the right way because they don't make left handed winds. If you are right handed you have a better time with the woodwinds anyhow. Mosly on the bassoon. Instruments were made with the righty in mind from the get go.

Now that I think about, Instrument music is the reason that the right hand is on top. Sorry leftys. ^^;

[Mistress Guendolen]

Hm. This might explain one of the difficulties I had in learning to play my flute.... I'd never looked at it that way before.

[Raijin]

Ekk! It's the 'Bread and Butter Battle' all over again. :p

In the music world it really doesn't matter what handed you are. You still put the same hand down for the flute and other instruments. You still have to learn it the right way because they don't make left handed winds. If you are right handed you have a better time with the woodwinds anyhow. Mosly on the bassoon. Instruments were made with the righty in mind from the get go.

Now that I think about, Instrument music is the reason that the right hand is on top. Sorry leftys. ^^;

Never tried buying a left handed guitar huh?


But eh I was experecting more left hand people here interesting.

[Mistress Guendolen]

Hey, you saw the percentage listed above, right? There aren't many of us in the world. We're odd birds.

[Cow Belle]

Never tried buying a left handed guitar huh?

That is true. I think that came a little bit after the right handed one. I do know a guirtar player that is right handed but uses a left handed one.

[Raijin]

Well ALl I know is I had to order a left handed, and left handed choices are lower and they charge you more because your left handed >.> I have a feeling left handed people will rule the world one day.

[Mistress Guendolen]

Well, we do tend to be considered more likely to be creative and what not, so it's always possible....

[Cow Belle]

I guess that makes me a "normal" hun? >_>;

[Mistress Guendolen]

Hm. Technically, "normal" is relative, to my mind. So normal in handedness, then yes. Normal in other areas, most likely not.

[Monogatari]

Only thirteen percent? O.o That's odd... You know, because I thought that the languages in India and China would be left-dominant... Because of direction stuff is written. Although I don't know what direction things are written in those languages. <.<;

dont quote me on this, but i'm pretty sure it's ~10% of the world that's left handed.

13% is about as close as i could ask on a website like this.

p.s. i'm kinda both handed. write with my left, but i'm able to be very dexterous with both hands.. makes me wish there was a both hands. oh well, already voted for left

[Mitera Nikkou]

Well, we do tend to be considered more likely to be creative and what not, so it's always possible....

I dunno... Unless I'm some kind of exception. ^_^; I mean, I use my right hand more often for things, but there isn't much that I can't do with my left that my right can do.

[Mistress Guendolen]

I think it's the lot of many lefties to learn at least some degree of coordination with their off hand, due to the way so many things in this world are set up. For instance, when I was a kid I taught myself how to cut right-handed because all the lefty scissors available in schools and what not were dreadful. Now I'm more comfortable using quote un quote "normal" scissors than the ones made for my own dominant hand.

Only thirteen percent? O.o That's odd... You know, because I thought that the languages in India and China would be left-dominant... Because of direction stuff is written. Although I don't know what direction things are written in those languages. <.<;

dont quote me on this, but i'm pretty sure it's ~10% of the world that's left handed.

13% is about as close as i could ask on a website like this.

p.s. i'm kinda both handed. write with my left, but i'm able to be very dexterous with both hands.. makes me wish there was a both hands. oh well, already voted for left

[Monogatari]

I think it's the lot of many lefties to learn at least some degree of coordination with their off hand, due to the way so many things in this world are set up. For instance, when I was a kid I taught myself how to cut right-handed because all the lefty scissors available in schools and what not were dreadful. Now I'm more comfortable using quote un quote "normal" scissors than the ones made for my own dominant hand.

that brings back horror stories from kindergarden...

[fyi i never was able to cut with them.. *sigh*]

[Mistress Guendolen]

Oh, same here, same here. First off, I was lucky if there was a pair avaialble at all. Then whichever one WAS there was usually rusted up or mysteriously sticky or whatever, a state that made them almost impossible to cut with due to it being so hard to make them actually move. And the store-bought ones weren't any better.... All you could get were those plastic "safety scissors" which were lucky if they could get a wet tissue. But somehow, all the right-handed scissors were all shiny and nice and well-maintained.... Bah. That's why I taught myself how to use those instead.