Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns

I think the very concept od left / right may be based
on the position of the heart (rather on the left), or
on statistical considerations (more right-handed than
left-handed, so if you want to know where is your
right hand, look for a person who is recognized as
right- (or left-) handed, and do like he does, or the
opposite).

Well no, there is an easier system: stand in front of
the sun in the middle of the day; on your left hand,
you will have its rising position, and on your right
hand the place where it will go down. At least under
"normal" latitudes. In that case, left / right would
be very close-related to north / south, east / west.


--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> Doug Dee wrote:
>
> >
> Inconvenient.  You'd need three words:
> "over there on the left" (speaker & hearer facing
> the same direction)
> "over there on my left ~ over there on your left"
> (facing each other)~ over there on your left"
> (facing each other)

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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