Are you a ciotóg?

The King of Moo · 01-09-2011 09:13PM

No, I'm righthanded

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

They're also blessed with the gift of modesty too.

It's just me being naturally creative, with the truth

Barrt2 · 01-09-2011 09:13PM

Dionysus wrote: »

A few days ago Seán Moncrieff was interviewing some randomer who had studied left-handed people and how they've been treated in history. It seems fairly harsh the way they were discriminated against.

I know two people well who are ciotóga. They are both female, and highly intelligent and motivated. There was always this story growing up about lefthanders being more intelligent than righthanders. It would seem, however, that that's a very new trend and lefthanded people were often beaten because they didn't write with their right hand.

Are you a ciotóg, and in what way if at all have you been discriminated against?

Correct me if i'm wrong 10% of world population is left handed so therefore if you put 10% of the world against the rest, of course it will come up smarter. For us right handed folk

there is less people to judge so the IQ is higher with rand handed people you have to take into account 3rd world countries and Americans(not all but quite a few)

krudler · 01-09-2011 09:14PM

Yup, am a lefty

Jess16 · 01-09-2011 09:17PM

No, I'm righthanded

Yes I am and I always think it shows a certain strength of character when people do things differently, even if it means going against the grain.
Obviously I'm biased but it takes a certain type of child to refute teacher authority in favour of remaining true to themselves and their own unique style.

I suppose it suggests a sort of individuality and determination that might not be present in children who simpy follow instruction unequivocally.

For those reasons I think being left-handed might be a manifestation of people with a particular mindset -basically those who follow through on a unique set of traits that motivates them to do things differently from an early age, even when others say they shouldn't.

Which is also probably why a large proportion of adult left-handers have shared characteristics -cos we all think in a similar way that made us become lefties in the first place

Mars Bar · 01-09-2011 09:17PM

Right handed but eat like a left handed person should do.

mattjack · 01-09-2011 09:18PM

No, I'm righthanded

krudler wrote: »

Yup, am a lefty

same here...as are my parents..and two of my grandparents and both my kids..even my dog is left pawed...

fontanalis · 01-09-2011 09:18PM

mars bar wrote: »

Right handed but eat like a left handed person should do.

At seperate tables?

Mars Bar · 01-09-2011 09:20PM

fontanalis wrote: »

At seperate tables?

Yes.

Miss Olenska · 01-09-2011 09:20PM

No, I'm righthanded

Jess16 wrote: »

Yes I am and I always think it shows a certain strength of character when people do things differently, even if it means going against the grain.
Obviously I'm biased but it takes a certain type of child to refute teacher authority in favour of remaining true to themselves and their own unique style.

I suppose it suggests a sort of individuality and determination that might not be present in children who simpy follow instruction unequivocally.

For those reasons I think being left-handed might be a manifestation of people with a particular mindset -basically those who follow through on a unique set of traits that motivates them to do things differently from an early age, even when others say they shouldn't.

Which is also probably why a large proportion of adult left-handers have shared characteristics -cos we all think in a similar way that made us become lefties in the first place

TBH, all this is only true if you were discouraged from writing with your left hand. I never remember being left-handed being an issue in primary school.

Barrt2 · 01-09-2011 09:24PM

Jess16 wrote: »

Yes I am and I always think it shows a certain strength of character when people do things differently, even if it means going against the grain.
Obviously I'm biased but it takes a certain type of child to refute teacher authority in favour of remaining true to themselves and their own unique style.

I suppose it suggests a sort of individuality and determination that might not be present in children who simpy follow instruction unequivocally.

For those reasons I think being left-handed might be a manifestation of people with a particular mindset -basically those who follow through on a unique set of traits that motivates them to do things differently from an early age, even when others say they shouldn't.

Which is also probably why a large proportion of adult left-handers have shared characteristics -cos we all think in a similar way that made us become lefties in the first place

So you are all individuals who basically copy each other? Not a very creative way of putting it.

You make it sound like left handed people are rebels?
Its very easy to refuse anything a teacher says it takes a backbone to stand up for yourself and a bit of balls, the dominant hand should'nt effect your personality.?

And no i'm not attacking you, your post just seemed odd to me

:P

Dionysus · 01-09-2011 09:26PM

where do i go from here wrote: »

All these public polls and foreign languages are making me nervous:(

Are you the guy who was going on about something you termed the "British Isles" and the "mafia GAA" a while ago? Jesus wept. :rolleyes:

Now, please do piss off to the undereducated bigoted anti-Irish hovel from which you came. Thank you.

merengueca · 01-09-2011 09:29PM

My Dad is, and at school he was forced into using his right hand to write. To this day he writes with his right hand and eats etc with his left hand. Also his handwriting is truly awful!

byhookorbycrook · 01-09-2011 09:30PM

No, I'm righthanded

I dislike the word as it comes from the Irish word for "awkward".I had my hand tied to the back of the desk and was slapped across the face repeatedly for not using my right hand by "a holy nun".

Many children with dyslexia have cross-laterality where they are neither fully right side or left side dominant.

Dionysus · 01-09-2011 09:31PM

fontanalis wrote: »

I remember seeing a show about the abuse in a some institution, one of the youngboys who was abused was in the place because he was left handed. I've heard older people say they were beaten by teachers because they were left handed.
Just to think only a generation ago we were in cave man territory.

There is definitely a book to be made about that in Ireland alone, and hopefully before the people in question go ar slí na firinne (pass away). Moncrieff's interview was with a North American. The same stories of lefthanders being discriminated against and persecuted in homes would certainly be replicated across Ireland.

Sofiztikated · 01-09-2011 09:33PM

I write with my right, always have done. But my left arm is the stronger one, I hold my knife and fork arseways like a lefty, and I...eh...use my left for ... eh... me time.

Sofiztikated · 01-09-2011 09:38PM

Stupid double post. Damn left handed mouse.

Jess16 · 01-09-2011 09:39PM

No, I'm righthanded

Barrt2 wrote: »

the dominant hand should'nt effect your personality.?

Exactly, I'm saying it's the personality that determines your dominant hand. Or that the combination of certain characteristics predisposes you towards being left-handed, as opposed to right.

Shivers26 · 01-09-2011 09:41PM

Terry wrote: »

Left handed and ginger.

My 12 year old son is left handed and ginger and we're neighbours Terry. Don't worry, i'm not trying to imply that he's a secret love child or anything

He is an extremely intelligent child and comes up with fantastically creative ideas and is brilliant at science. Unfortunately his handwriting is woeful so even though he has great ideas his teachers have always struggled to work out what he is trying to write down.
I have never tried to get him to write with his right hand or anything like that but I have gotten him various books to help him practice.

It is a genuine worry that he will lose out when it comes to exams because he could be writing the correct answer but the teacher wont be able to read it.

fontanalis · 01-09-2011 09:44PM

Another famous lefty

http://www.funbumperstickers.com/images/Flanders.gif

Zamboni · 01-09-2011 09:44PM

No, I'm righthanded

I was told I was the son of Satan by a Sister when I was in primary and got a fair few belts because I wrote left handed.
I was called a witch and a pagan etc.
This was only in the 80's.

I would also love it if there were left handed cheque/lodgement books!

Alibaba · 01-09-2011 09:53PM

Am a citeog. Never really got any hassle over it. Grew up in the 70s when it might'nt have been such a big deal. Supposed to be a sign of great intelligence

. Sure Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are lefties.

Ouchette · 01-09-2011 09:54PM

No, I'm righthanded

I'm left-handed. Mostly.

I write with my left hand, but I eat the right handed way (makes more sense to have the fork in my left hand when that's what I'm mainly using), learnt to play the guitar right handed (the fiddliest bit is for the left hand anyway), and right hand for the mouse to leave the left hand free for the keyboard.

I think these things must have been invented my lefties who conned right-handed people into using them the lefty way.

Meirleach · 01-09-2011 09:56PM

No, I'm righthanded

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

I dislike the word as it comes from the Irish word for "awkward".I had my hand tied to the back of the desk and was slapped across the face repeatedly for not using my right hand by "a holy nun".

Oh god nuns, now I can thankfully say I was never hit for writing with my left hand, a few jeers and such from teachers, but nothing like my father who is naturally left handed but writes with his right due to nuns and teachers at school hitting him for writing with his left.

I do remember once a nun getting absolutely furious at me, I was getting my hearing tested because I always seemed to have trouble paying attention at school, I had a headset on(big heavy green yoke, looked like it belonged to the defence forces), which beeped from either the left or right ear.

She was supposed to operate the sound set, and I was supposed to tell her which ear I heard it in, I could hear the beeps, but honest to goodness couldn't tell which ear they were coming from. My mom heard her yelling at me from outside the office, came in and found me in tears, ate the face off the nun and brought me home.

I later learnt as an adult, that not being able to distinguish the direction of sound like that is a potential symptom of dyslexia(or at least 1 form of it)

Hurrah for nuns eh? :P

Sooopie · 01-09-2011 09:56PM

yup, am a lefty

people always admire my handwriting too

Zamboni · 01-09-2011 10:02PM

No, I'm righthanded

Meirleach wrote: »

Oh god nuns, now I can thankfully say I was never hit for writing with my left hand, a few jeers and such from teachers, but nothing like my father who is naturally left handed but writes with his right due to nuns and teachers at school hitting him for writing with his left.

I do remember once a nun getting absolutely furious at me, I was getting my hearing tested because I always seemed to have trouble paying attention at school, I had a headset on(big heavy green yoke, looked like it belonged to the defence forces), which beeped from either the left or right ear.

She was supposed to operate the sound set, and I was supposed to tell her which ear I heard it in, I could hear the beeps, but honest to goodness couldn't tell which ear they were coming from. My mom heard her yelling at me from outside the office, came in and found me in tears, ate the face off the nun and brought me home.

I later learnt as an adult, that not being able to distinguish the direction of sound like that is a potential symptom of dyslexia(or at least 1 form of it)

Hurrah for nuns eh? :P

I'm not a particularly violent person but honestly, if the bitch that I had in primary school is alive, I would do well to restrain myself from attacking her on sight.

eskimoparty · 01-09-2011 10:05PM

No, I'm righthanded

As lefties we seem to be exceptionally well represented in the poll. One in ten, normally, roughly 50/50 here. Must be the title sucking all the lefties in!

Dionysus · 01-09-2011 10:08PM

eskimoparty wrote: »

As lefties we seem to be exceptionally well represented in the poll. One in ten, normally, roughly 50/50 here. Must be the title sucking all the lefties in!

Gordon Gecko · 01-09-2011 10:20PM

I have taught myself to perform many functions such as cutting, playing music and writing with my left hand. If you put effort into it anyone could become very dexterous (from the Latin for "right" funnily enough) with their bad hand

Adyx · 01-09-2011 10:28PM

Gordon Gecko wrote: »

I have taught myself to perform many functions such as cutting, playing music and writing with my left hand. If you put effort into it anyone could become very dexterous (from the Latin for "right" funnily enough) with their bad hand

Let's not forget that the word sinister come from the Latin for left/left-handed.

byhookorbycrook · 01-09-2011 10:32PM

No, I'm righthanded

Adyx wrote: »

Let's not forget that the word sinister come from the Latin for left/left-handed.

Plus all the baddies get put on the left side of God on the last day. I grew up in the 70s too, the one and only time my mother ever went to the school. She was made change as a child-now in her late 80s and still if she gets flustered she has to change back to her left hand.

Are you a ciotóg?

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