Re: lefty's

Left foot on shovel,
I'm righthanded, somewhat ambidextrous, can write legibly left handed & read
mirror images & upside down as easily as right side up. Can draw pretty well
when I practice, but too many other interests to pursue it. BTW dextrous
comes from dexter meaning right
Judy B z 6 Idaho, 98 f daytime 78 F at 10 pm when I went to bed last night.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Libby Valentine" <L_Valentine@adelphia.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] lefty's


> Correct for Hebrew, think so on Arabic but not positive.  And kanji
(Chinese
> and Japanese characters) are written vertically but the individual strokes
> that make up an individual character are all made left to right or top to
> bottom, in specified sequence.
>
> Majorly COOL on the artwork, Jess!!
>
> I'm apparently in the minority in this group, right-handed with
ambidextrous
> capabilities.
>
> Just for fun, when digging a hole, which foot do you put on the shovel to
> step down on it?
>
> Libby
> Maryland zone 6
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] lefty's
>
>
> > Don't know. But it occurs tome that the Jews and Arabs do write right
> > to left. Anyone?
> >
> >
> > On Friday, June 25, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> > > And...one more thing....if we read and wrote from right to left....I
> > > bet
> > > the majority of people would be left handed. What do you think?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:I was ambidextrous as a kid -
> > > MAJORLY - when I colored, I had a crayon
> > > in both hands, when I drew a picture, I had a pencil in my right hand
> > > and a crayon in the left. When I used Play-Dough..I would shape and
> > > mold
> > > with both hands...then I went to kindergarten. They would not allow me
> > > to draw, write or cut with my left hand...so there ya go. Why do
people
> > > CARE? When I asked my grandfather, who did calligraphy and
copperplate,
> > > he said it was because the pens they used back then were designed for
> > > the right hand, like scissors, and to make or convert one of the pens
> > > for the left hand was just considered a hassle and because they used
> > > ink
> > > in a bottle, if you used your left hand (we right from left to right)
> > > it
> > > would smear the ink before it was dry. And penmanship was a major deal
> > > back then. Regular handwriting was a work of art and they were graded
> > > on
> > > it. Now that three year olds are using the computer most of that has
> > > gone by the wayside. And...by the way...I was taught
> > >
> > > calligraphy, Spencerian and copperplate by an 80 year old master who
> > > used to design the diplomas that hang on the walls (he did them by
hand
> > > and had them reproduced). When I do envelopes and such, I just doodle
> > > and use crappy old calligraphy pens...but I have some artwork and
> > > calligraphy (illumination with 14K gold on it) that I did when I
worked
> > > with him...and one of the pieces now hangs in Morocco...in the palace.
> > > Kind of cool, huh? LOL (just some trivial info for ya'll)
> > >
> > >
> > > Jess
>
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