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  • Here's an article that might help you understand where these terms come from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed I always understood that the Latin term for "right" is "dexter" where we get the word "dextrous" meaning "skillful with the hands." The Latin word for "left" is "sinister" and we all know what that implies. It seems to me left-handedness is increasing. Back when I was a kid, like 50 years ago, there were hardly and southpaws, but now it seems like one in 5 people I meet are lefties. Maybe back then they just tried to discourage kids from being left-handed.
  • You might be right about right... but the two meanings you use for the word left come from different words: left over: Anglo Saxon: laefan left hand: Middle English: left/lift/luft

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