I very much rejoice in being left-handed.
I like being separated from the majority of people in this way.
Interestingly there are a lot of left-handers on my course...
I wonder if one day in the future I'll be disciminated for it?
Anyway, at church this morning the guy behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said - 'Ah it's good to see a fellow left-hander!' He was intrigued by my style of vertical writing. This led into a long historical discussion about left-handedness ranging from scissors, to computer mice, to cutlery.
As some of you may know, I hold out that all right-handers use their cutlery the wrong way. In my logic it makes sense for you to have the fork in your prominant hand because you do the most with it. You hold things with it and you move the food from the plate to your mouth with it. In some meals you only use the fork! Generally people disagree with me saying that you need the power of your dominant hand to cut with the knife.
This guy pointed out to me that at one time in the past we didn't use a fork, we just used a knife, using it to both cut and put things in our mouths. Occasionally a two pronged fork was used to hold things down. Therefore it made sense to use the dominant hand for the knife. It therefore appears that as the use of the knife has changed and it's become 'rude' to put it in your mouth, we have not adapted the use of our hands to fit.
Unless you're a left-hander of course ;)
7 comments:
Lol I always put my knife in my mouth.
Congrats on leftishness.
Oh and also if your a rightie and it's just a fork-meal, your fork moves to your right hand (is that the usual thing?)
yeah, so why don't you usually use your fork in your right hand?
I didn't know you were left-handed Helen! me too!
yey, lefthanders rule!
Our American cousins would agree with you on the fork in the right hand!!
Like the new look! :)
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