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From: irv@arizona.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Do people walk to the left in England?
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 14:30:53 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 14:30:53 1983
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If I'm not mistaken, the reason people in England walk/drive on the
left comes from the fact that most are RIGHT handed.  In the middle
ages when people fought each other on horses, they held their lance
in their right hands.  They passed on the right (and hence rode on
the left) so that they could easily impale each other.

Irving J.P. Elshoff
University of Arizona

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