Moderator Tommy Posted January 28, 2022 Moderator Posted January 28, 2022 Random question. I am both.
nudge Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, Tommy said: Random question. I am both. You're the only ambidextrous person I know
Subscriber Coma+ Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Posted January 29, 2022 I can bat and throw both but I write with my right hand.
Moderator Tommy Posted January 29, 2022 Author Moderator Posted January 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, nudge said: You're the only ambidextrous person I know Took me some years to realize that. I grew up thinking I was weird doing certain things with one hand, while doing other things with the other hand. Only to discover that I am capable of doing pretty much everything with both.
Subscriber Coma+ Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Posted January 29, 2022 13 minutes ago, Tommy said: Took me some years to realize that. I grew up thinking I was weird doing certain things with one hand, while doing other things with the other hand. Only to discover that I am capable of doing pretty much everything with both. My family thinks it's weird that I eat with my left hand but it's only when I'm using a knife. Prefer to cut with the right and shovel with the left. Much more efficient .
nudge Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, Coma said: My family thinks it's weird that I eat with my left hand but it's only when I'm using a knife. Prefer to cut with the right and shovel with the left. Much more efficient . Umm that's the normal way to eat?... Fork in the left hand, knife in the right. Do people use fork and knife in a different manner in the US?
Subscriber Coma+ Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Posted January 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, nudge said: Umm that's the normal way to eat?... Fork in the left hand, knife in the right. Do people use fork and knife in a different manner in the US? I wouldn't say it's the norm in my family. My brother is right handed but cuts with his left. My dad the same.
nudge Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Coma said: I wouldn't say it's the norm in my family. My brother is right handed but cuts with his left. My dad the same. Barbarians
Rucksackfranzose Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 I'm old enough to be a learnt right handed, although I was initially left handed. That's correct, I'm one of those persons who took the pencil in the left hand originally only to be educated to use the right one, which still prevalent as my instinct gets me to use the left hand with a learnt practice to use the right one.
Moderator Tommy Posted January 29, 2022 Author Moderator Posted January 29, 2022 8 hours ago, nudge said: Umm that's the normal way to eat?... Fork in the left hand, knife in the right. Do people use fork and knife in a different manner in the US? Gabel links, Messer rechts! 3 hours ago, Rucksackfranzose said: I'm old enough to be a learnt right handed, although I was initially left handed. That's correct, I'm one of those persons who took the pencil in the left hand originally only to be educated to use the right one, which still prevalent as my instinct gets me to use the left hand with a learnt practice to use the right one. I've heard about these stories from my parents etc. Such a weird concept to me, that using your right hand was seen as the only "normal" way. Even to the extend that kids were punished for using their left hand.
Bluewolf Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 Right handed... And fork in the left hand ( eating ) knife in the right hand ( cutting ) My eldest daughter is Left handed and writes in a strange way, I write pen tip out facing away from the hand and she writes with it facing in toward herself.. It's weird to watch, It's almost like she has cramp in her hand but can still write stuff.. anyone else??
Administrator Stan Posted January 29, 2022 Administrator Posted January 29, 2022 Predominantly right, can also write with left. Knife left hand, fork right hand. Wouldn't say that's not normal, just different Hold a racket (tennis, badminton, table-tennis etc) with right hand. But hold a golf club or cricket bat with left-handed stance purely because I watched and learnt from my brother when we were younger.
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted January 29, 2022 Subscriber Posted January 29, 2022 Same as a lot of others, fork left-hand knife in my right, our eldest grandson though is left-handed, all of us in the family are right-handed. Off-topic a bit but when I worked as a security officer we had a guy that came from Africa somewhere, a lovely guy and a good security officer and he said in his country they always shook hands using their left hand and he said if someone offered to shake hands with their right hand they in his country refused to shake hands as that was classed as an insult because they used their right hand for toilet duties, he said it did not bother him across here in the UK.
Waylander Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 I'm left handed. Not true left handed a mix. I recall at school writing and after pencils it becoming a problem as the ink was smudging and so had to angle my words. I throw right handed, and am right footed. I remember when trying to learn tennis I couldn't make up mind which hand to use yet when I played squash later in life it was certainly with my left.
nudge Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Stan said: Knife left hand, fork right hand. Wouldn't say that's not normal, just different It's (European) table etiquette. Now I absolutely agree that using utensils the other way around isn't "not normal", as it's a completely made up, agreed-upon stuff that can vary significantly from culture to culture, but those table manners get ingrained into you from such a young age, that someone "breaking" them stands out immediately So in other words, I don't care how you use your fork and knife and I don't think it's important at all, but I must also admit I've never seen a single European/Westerner eat with fork in the right hand and knife in the left hand, so it kinda blew my mind
Administrator Stan Posted January 29, 2022 Administrator Posted January 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, nudge said: It's (European) table etiquette. Now I absolutely agree that using utensils the other way around isn't "not normal", as it's a completely made up, agreed-upon stuff that can vary significantly from culture to culture, but those table manners get ingrained into you from such a young age, that someone "breaking" them stands out immediately So in other words, I don't care how you use your fork and knife and I don't think it's important at all, but I must also admit I've never seen a single European/Westerner eat with fork in the right hand and knife in the left hand, so it kinda blew my mind Sounds like you care I'm surprised you've never seen someone do it though!
nudge Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Stan said: Sounds like you care I'm surprised you've never seen someone do it though! I'd probably think you're an uncultured swine, but I still wouldn't look down on you, I promise
Moderator Tommy Posted January 29, 2022 Author Moderator Posted January 29, 2022 I've seen someone holding a knife with their left hand before. It was very traumatizing.
Administrator Stan Posted January 29, 2022 Administrator Posted January 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, nudge said: I'd probably think you're an uncultured swine, but I still wouldn't look down on you, I promise I've been called worse
...Dan Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 I'm right handed for everything but I play pool/snooker with my left hand. As in my right is the guiding hand and left is striking. I didn't realise people use their dominant hand for striking until someone commented on it when I was playing. I tried switching and it felt so awkward.
Devil Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 I write with my left but everything else I'm right sided.
Carnivore Chris Posted January 29, 2022 Posted January 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Tommy said: I've seen someone holding a knife with their left hand before. It was very traumatizing. Where @JoshBRFC used to live(in Burnley), they use their feet instead of their hands.
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