[Aztlan] Left hand (and foot)

[Sid Hollander]

Some left-handed remarks....

While 7-10% of the population are lefties it appears the tide is turning.
In the U.S., 12 percent of 20 year olds are left-handed, while only 5
percent of 50 year olds and less than 1 percent of people over 80 are. Is
the lowly ball point pen (smudgless) contributing to these numbers

constantly lifting and replacing the hand over fresh ink often causes
smudging, (A big problem for a scribe)

left-handed people who speak Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hebrew or any other
right-to-left language do not have the same difficulties with writing. (Does
2 column vertical writing lessen the problem?)


When properly done, left-handed writing is a mirror image to that of the
right-hander, making the teaching process confusing for the right-handed
teacher of a left-handed student.

When the left hand is held correctly, it is below the writing, as is typical
for right-handers.

Handedness researchers Coren and Clare Porac have shown that left-handed
university students are more likely to major in visually-based, as opposed
to language-based subjects. Another sample of 103 art students found an
astounding 47 percent were left- or mixed-handed". (I wonder how many were
studying to be scribes?)


-- 
Sid Hollander
Merida, Yucatan
We search for certainty and call what we find destiny.