On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:09:47 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

on 04/02/2016, T i m supposed :
I was talking to our daughter about this yesterday and she remembers
it became 'automatic' to her at about 5 years old. I can't remember
when I 'got it' but it may have been similar. I can't remember if I
used any trick to learn, other than I used to write with my right
hand?

I pick a pen up and if I think about it, I am lost.

Sorry, in what way Harry?

It does not automatically 'fall' to the right (correct hand).

Oooerr.

The same with knife
and fork. I am though, mostly ambidextrous.

Whilst my left hand is very useful, if say doing mechanical work it
can play a useful roll, it isn't as anywhere near as dextrous as my
right. If say putting a nut on a bolt in some difficult to access
area, I would typically use my right hand to attach the nut and my
left to hold the bolt down / still.

Either hand will work fine for either task, if one hand is more suited
I use it, if one hand becomes tired I use the other.

I'll often swap hands if say sanding as you don't need the same level
of control as say hand-sawing.

I often use both
hands on different tasks at the same time.

Plate spinning? ;-)


was born left handed, but
at school I was one who was forced to right handedness, by tieing my
left hand behind my back, so now I write right handed, but my hand
writing is terrible.

Oh dear. We saw that played out at the Beamish museum a while back.
Very sad.

My father went along to the school and complained about the treatment,
I now blame that treatment for my early problems reading and writing,

I wouldn't be surprised.

though now long since more than over come.

Good. ;-)

snip

My now deceased partner was left handed and not forced to being right
handed. She also had problems with left and right.

I wonder 'why' that is the case though? Do you think there is a link
between dominant 'handedness' and the ability to easily 'learn' left
from right.

I accept 'some people' find it difficult but (of course) I don't
understand why. Just as someone else can't understand why I find (say)
spelling difficult (compared to them) or Linux difficult, compared to
Windows. ;-)

No problems now with spelling, or OS's,

Even Linux?! ;-)

My ability to spell improved
dramatically when I first began using computers and keyboards in the
mid 1970's. I type most words without a thought

I try and type most words without a thought but when I look back at
them I can spot loads of typos. Then it's more difficult to undo a
typo than typing it correctly because I can't always figure out what
is right. I think most people could read and understand what I wrote,
but much of it could be phonetic if I'm not careful.

- I am somewhere
between a two fingered typist and a touch typist, I use three fingers
on each hand.

I'm still hunt_n_peck with my right index finger and left thumb for
shift etc. ;-)

Cheers, T i m