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International Left Handers Day 2014

Re: International Left Handers Day 2014

FreshFish said:
Leonardo da Vinci was another famous leftie, IIRC. I remember reading when I was a kid that he had a secret code or something like that where we wrote upside down and backward using his right hand, and so I practiced using my off-hand to write backward (with a mirror propped up in front of the paper).

I can write "normally" with either hand but it sure looks different depending upon which one I use. Useful I suppose if I'm ever going to be a spy: "hey, that's not my handwriting: here's a sample, take it to an expert analyst and he'll agree."
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da Vinci did indeed write like that at times. I can write in cursive, backwards, with my left hand, quite easily. And yes, I started practicing that after I learned about da Vinci's "talent."
 
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Brenthoven said:
da Vinci did indeed write like that at times. I can write in cursive, backwards, with my left hand, quite easily. And yes, I started practicing that after I learned about da Vinci's "talent."
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I don't recall if it was da Vinci but one of the Renaissance geniuses could write different texts, simultaneously, with each hand.
 
Re: International Left Handers Day 2014

Brenthoven said:
Gerald Ford was left-handed...only while sitting down. Right-handed otherwise (that includes writing: sitting down? Left handed. Writing on a blackboard? Right handed).
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James Garfield could write in Greek with his left hand while simultaneously writing in Latin with his right hand.
 
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