For All Lefties Out There
I feel your pain lefties. For, I am left too. Indeed being left handed is a good thing and a bad thing. Check out these facts about lefties:
- The English origins of the word "left" come from the Latin "laevus" meaning "the shield" or "lucky side."
- The Italian words for left and left-handed are "mancino and mancini" which translate to "defective and deceitful."
- The Spanish word for left-handed is "zurdo" or "wrong."
- British slang for left-handed are: kefty, scrammy, and wacky.
- The Irish word for left-handed is "ciatog." Many superstitions are linked to lefties in Ireland. Often times they are thought to be treacherous and evil. ( muahaha, eggsalad )
- Left-handed brains can often handle music easily, but have trouble with language. Bob Dylan, a lefty, wrote the music for "Blowin' in the Wind" in less than five minutes, but it took him a month to write the lyrics.
- The only astronaut to fly in all three space programs, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, was left-handed Wally Schirra.
- Of the five people that designed the Macintosh computer, four were left-handed.
- It is easier for a lefty to try "mirror writing" then a righty. This was a skill mastered by left-handers Lewis Carroll and Leonarde da Vinci.
- According to SAT results, left-handed students have higher math scores than right-handed students do.
- England's Queen Victoria was left-handed. She also had the longest reign in British history, 63 years.
- When typing, the left hand does most of the work.
