Happy International Left 👈 Handed Daylemmy.tfimage sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ) Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year ago message-square44fedilinkarrow-up1533
arrow-up1533imageHappy International Left 👈 Handed Daylemmy.tf sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ) Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year ago message-square44fedilink
minus-square lugal ( @lugal@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink5•1 year agoSince handedness is genetic, there is a chance that that’s what she was told when she learned to use the right hand (pun intended)
minus-square Gsus4 ( @Gsus4@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink4•edit-21 year agohttps://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39092/how-did-sinister-the-latin-word-for-left-handed-get-its-current-meaning yea, stupid ideas are contagious and latch onto language and culture, apparently. In Italian, left is still “sinistra”, so that creates other fun puns like learning to use the sinister hand.
Since handedness is genetic, there is a chance that that’s what she was told when she learned to use the right hand (pun intended)
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39092/how-did-sinister-the-latin-word-for-left-handed-get-its-current-meaning yea, stupid ideas are contagious and latch onto language and culture, apparently. In Italian, left is still “sinistra”, so that creates other fun puns like learning to use the sinister hand.