Re: OT: Handedness (was Re: Complex script editor wish list)
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2003, 19:09 |
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> > I know that mine comes from being born left-handed but having been
>forced to
> > switch to writing with my right hand by the educational prejudices still
>in
> > effect in South Carolina in the 1960's. I write & type with my right
>hand,
> > but shoot (guns, bows), paint & draw, and throw & shape clay
>left-handed.
>
>You type with your right hand? What's that mean? What kind of typing?
When I was in the upper grades (1970-1973) only girls were allowed to take
typing, under the excuse that they needed to be able to do something until
getting married (similar to why only girls were allowed to study piano). So,
I taught myself how to type with neither lessons nor teacher. The effect is
that my right hand does 90% of my typing at 45 WPM, my left hand managing
<shift>s etc plus a few letters (e.g. QWASZ) on a QWERTY.
Most trained typists laugh, but hey, it has served me fine, even in an IT
career, for 30+ years. I can also type excusively with my right hand if need
be but at only 30 WPM.
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