Right, Left or Ambidextrous

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Left. Parents and maternal grandparents - all lefties.

I used to think that which arm the watch is worn on was a good indicator of handedness, but I met far, far too many people wearing the watch on the dominant hand, rather than the non-dominant hand. Not quite a majority, but enough to throw it out as an indicator.
 
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Left. Think they used to think it was a disease in the olden days. :tongue:

Isn't Obama left-handed?...and Churchill was hehe.
 

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The word sinister is Latin for "left side."

Among many things, I did not know that. However, I remember when I was about 2.5 to 3 years-old making the conscious decision to use my left hand to pull my little red wagon. (Please, no jokes. It really was a little red wagon.) I don't know if others remember the day they realized they were left-handed, but I do.

Then in 5th grade I broke my left arm and wore a full arm cast for three months. I had to learn to write, wipe my bum, and pick my nose with my right hand.

I ended up ambidextrous (but I still pull things with my left hand).
 

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Born left-handed, but my first grade teacher re-programmed me to be right-handed. She was old enough at that point to still be subscribing to the idea that it was advisable to do that.

Things I learned before first grade I do left-handed, and things I learned during and afterwards I do right-handed. It might explain my atrocious handwriting and my lack of interest or ability in sports.

It is a very bad idea to reprogram someone like that. The area of the brain that controls the dominant hand is much larger than the area that controls the non-dominant hand. In the extra space on the non-dominant side are language and reading skills. Forcing the areas to be remapped can be detrimental to language skills and cause things like dyslexia.