I Am What I Am
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I'm a righty but I use my left hand for holding things and such.
If we're talking about being right or left handed for things like eating, using scissors, etc. then I use both hands but usually left. So, in that context, it's both. If it's just writing then I'm right-handed.I seriously hate whenever someone says "both".
Honestly no.
You have a preferred hand. Whatever that is, thats the hand you write with; your dominate hand.
You may be able to pick up a pencil and right your name neatly with the other hand, but that is NOT being ambidextrous. Most times you right with your right hand (or your left) but if you NEEDED to you COULD write with your other hand.
It really does get on my nerves when rightys say "Ohh, i'm ambidextrous so i'm a lefty too"
It doesn't really work that way.
ALSO, i quote from David Wolmans book "A left-hand turn around the world" he says
"Mixed-handed people, by the way, are not ambidextrous. Mix-handed means exactly what it implies, preferring one hand for some everyday tasks and the other hand for others. In common usage, "ambidextrous" has become a frequrent substitute for mixed-handed, though the strict definition is equal dexterity with either hand for all tasks, a condition that is quite rare, perhaps one or two people in 1,000."
Seriously, i didnt know anything about being a lefty until i read his book..what a masterpiece.
Anywho..so yes.
Thats why it bothers me when people say "I'm ambidextrous"
Sorry, this is a freakishly touchy subject for me.
Oh, and I'm a lefty.(< whats funny is, that smiley seems to be lefty too)