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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Results of handedness survey
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 01:57:59 EST
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I learned to eat in England, 'cause that's where we were living at the
time. No English nanny worth her salt is going to let you keep
switching hands like that! This is called *rude*.

If there is anybody out there who is in high school, or who otherwise
has a lot of time on their hands (if you are in high school and think
you are busy now, wait until you see university!) learn how to write
with your opposite hand. It takes a lot of work. However, you will
bless the days when you stop writing with an aching hand to start up
with another one on a particularily long exam...

It also freaks out people in very interesting ways.

I know someone who was capable of writing english prose with one hand
and IBM assembler programs with the other, simultaneously. The programs
worked, too. This impressed the hell out of me, but I could never
duplicate it, despite working at it for a while. He claimed to always
be able to do this. It was interesting that his handwriting was also
significantly different depending on what hand he was using. Mine
is much the same, though I drift into mirror writing with my left hand
fairly frequently.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura