Re: CHAT: Composition of conlanger population

caeruleancentaur wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@J...> wrote:
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>>I was under the impression that handedness is a purely physical
>>environment thing determined by how you're lying (laying?) in the
>>womb.
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> lying.
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> I've been told that everyone is born left-handed and becomes right-
> handed when he or she commits the first sin.
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> Charlie
What would that make of us ambidextrous people? ;)

To be fair I was probably born left-handed, but my left
side appeared to be more lame (lamer?) than my right
side, so the physiotherapists turned me into a right-hander,
or maybe they did it because right-handedness was the best
bet!  Now I write with my right hand but type mostly with my
left, do things that require strength wth my right hand but
things that require fine manipulation (such as I'm capable of)
with my left hand.  My brain is decidedly not normal, considering
that it went through a haemorrhage at age two weeks.  My pet
theory is that my language capabilities are located in the
right hemisphere.  I'm straight but bearded, BTW! :)

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