[Tom Ferguson[_3_]]

I, too, write left-handed. I tend to hold fountain pens further up the
barrel with an angle and finger grip which places the hand below the
written line sufficiently to avoid smearing.

Tom

"Brian Mailman" wrote in message
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Those of us who write with a true inversion (I write just like a
right-handed person, except from the left) learn to pick up our hands
at a slight angle above the paper to avoid that.

B/

Tom Ferguson wrote:
In the days of quill pens, and later, fountain pens, there was a good
reason not to write left-handed. English is a left-to-right written
language. Thus, when the pen is held in the left hand to write, there
is a tendency for the hand to move across part of the area where
markings were just made. That tends to smear it.

Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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That's different. If you hadn't had the accident, you would never
have tried to learn to write with 'the other hand'.

As recently as the middle of the 20th Century, some children were
forced to be right-handed at school. These days that doesn't happen
(or at least I hope not) and the result is that there are an ever
increasing percentage of southpaws.

Terry

"E. Barry Bruyea" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:27:49 -0000, "Terry Farrell"
wrote:

Use Google for a selection of good answers. The simple answer; it's
in your
DNA.

Terry Farrell

"enmanuel" wrote in message
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answer this right please


But it can be modified. I spent the first 21 years of my life right
handed, but due to an accident that caused a long period of
recuperation, I had to learn to write with my left hand and it
wasn't
all that hard, but I do most things right handed, like Golf and in
baseball, I bat right handed, but catch left handed. Interestingly
enough, I have never been able to pick up writing with my right hand
again, even though I now have full use of my right arm and hand.