That is most interesting indeed.  Never heard that before.  Wonder what the
world would be like if it were 50-50, lefties and righties.  Much tougher to
figure out the evil ones, huh...?

Bob

"TonyB" <ben### [at] panamaphoenixnet> wrote in message
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| Left comes from the latin word for evil, or sinister. You can't tell in
| English, but in Spanish, that would be derecha (right) or diestra and
| izquierda (left) or siniestra. So, by this association of left with the
| devil, people were forced to do things with the "right" hand. (Hmmm, so that
| would make left the "wrong" hand?)
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