What do you think about left handers?

Mauli

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Guys i want to know your opinion about left handers. Feel free to say anything. I'm working on a reaserch on them. Please help me.
 

sld

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say anything.... hmmmmm.... well the lefties are supposed to be the surviving twin :lol::lol::lol:

Well jokes aside I've noticed that the south paws are really creative.
 

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List of left handers

Royalty and nobility

* Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
* Charles, Prince of Wales - Writes right-handed [1]
* Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Writes right-handed [2]
* George II of Great Britain
* George VI of the United Kingdom
* Victoria of the United Kingdom
* Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
* Prince William of Wales [3]


Political and governmental leaders

[edit] American

* Bill Bradley [citation needed] Writes with right hand.[4]
* George H.W. Bush [5]
* Bill Clinton [6]
* Gerald Ford [7]
* Barney Frank [8]
* James Garfield
* John McCain [9]
* Gavin Newsom [10]
* Barack Obama [11]
* H. Ross Perot - With Clinton and Bush, all three major 1992 U.S. presidential election candidates were left-handed.
* Ronald Reagan - Converted to right-handedness in childhood.[12]
* Nelson Rockefeller - Failed at childhood conversion to right-handedness.[13]
* Hugh Scott
* Harry S. Truman - Converted to right-handedness in childhood.[14]
* Adam Fedoruk - Well known leading American computer programmer. Now resides in Tennessee.[15]

[edit] Other nationalities

* Bertie Ahern
* Napoleon Bonaparte [16]
* Julius Caesar
* David Cameron
* Fidel Castro - Writes right-handed [17]
* Hugo Chávez [18]
* Alexander Downer [19]
* Joseph Estrada
* Gandhi [citation needed]
* Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
* F.W. de Klerk
* Lee Hsien Loong
* Benjamin Netanyahu
* Ramses II
* Ishihara Shintaro
* Margaret Thatcher
* Tiberius - According to Suetonius in his De Vita Caesarum.
* Matti Vanhanen [20]
* Vu Nguyen
* Linh Tran

[edit] Criminals
Osama bin Laden holding a gun with his left hand
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Osama bin Laden holding a gun with his left hand


* Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
* John Dillinger
* Albert Henry DeSalvo - (Boston Strangler)
* Crawford Goldsby - Cherokee Bill
* Dylan Klebold
* Osama bin Laden
* Jack the Ripper -- originally thought to have been left handed but widely believed not to have been


Cricket

In cricket, left-handed batsmen make bowlers bowl a completely different line (angle), which disrupts their accuracy. As batsmen in cricket work in pairs, teams traditionally like to have a mix of right and left handers to maximise this effect. This is particularly so for opening batsmen. The same arguments, in reverse, apply to left-handed bowlers. Top quality left-handed bowlers seem to be rarer than their batting equivalents.

* Wasim Akram
* Geoff Allott - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Curtly Ambrose - Bowled right-handed, batted left-handed
* Saeed Anwar
* Michael Bevan
* Allan Border
* Nathan Bracken - Bowls left-handed, bats right-handed.
* David Brain - Bowls left-handed, bats and throws right-handed.
* Alistair Campbell
* Michael Clarke - Bowls left-handed, bats right-handed.
* Alan Davidson
* Andre Dawson - Writes left-handed, but bats and throws right-handed.
* John Edrich
* Matthew Elliott
* Stephen Fleming
* Saurav Ganguly - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed.
* Chris Gayle - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed
* Adam Gilchrist - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed.
* David Gower
* Sir Richard Hadlee - Batted left-handed, bowled right-handed.
* Matthew Hayden - Bats left-handed, bowls and signs autographs right-handed.
* George Hirst - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Brad Hogg
* Michael Hussey - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed.
* Inzamam-ul-Haq - Bats right-handed, throws left-handed
* Phil Jaques
* Sanath Jayasuriya
* Brendon Julian - Bowls left-handed, bats right-handed.
* Simon Katich
* Lance Klusener - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed
* Justin Langer
* Brian Lara - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed
* Maurice Leyland
* Tony Lock - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Phil Mead
* Dinesh Mongia
* Shayne O'Connor
* Monty Panesar
* Bruce Reid
* Wilfred Rhodes - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Kumar Sangakkara
* Yuvraj Singh
* Graeme Smith - Bats left-handed, bowls right-handed
* Sir Gary Sobers
* Amir Sohail
* Andrew Strauss
* Mark Taylor - Bats left handed, bowls right-handed.
* Sachin Tendulkar - writes with left hand.
* Marcus Trescothick
* Derek Underwood - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Hedley Verity - Bowled left-handed, batted right-handed
* Daniel Vettori
* Johnny Wardle
* Mike Whitney - Bowls left-handed, bats right-handed
* Frank Woolley
* Sir Frank Worrell - Batted right-handed, bowled left-handed, .
 

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Football (soccer)

* Adriano
* Freddy Adu
* John Barnes
* Fabien Barthez
* Jim Baxter
* Patrick Berger
* George Best
* Oleh Blokhin
* Liam Brady
* Hans van Breukelen
* Roberto Carlos
* Petr Čech
* Bruno Cheyrou
* Alessandro Del Piero
* Denilson
* Dida
* Djalminha
* Jerzy Dudek
* Dragan Džajić
* Cesc Fàbregas
* Giacinto Facchetti
* Rio Ferdinand
* Gheorghe Hagi
* Willem van Hanegem
* Pierre van Hooijdonk
* Norman Hunter
* Andreas Ivanschitz
* Robert Jarni
* Mario Kempes
* Dean Kiely
* Raymond Kopa
* Paul Le Guen
* Bixente Lizarazu
* Daniel Ljuboja
* Claudio López
* Steve McLaren
* Paolo Maldini
* Florent Malouda
* Diego Armando Maradona
* Hernán Medford
* Lionel Messi
* Ruud van Nistelrooy
* John O'Shea
* Pelé [1]
* Emmanuel Petit
* David Pleat
* Preki
* Ferenc Puskás
* Álvaro Recoba
* John Arne Riise
* Arjen Robben
* Jérôme Rothen
* Rivelino
* Ian Rush
* Marcelo Salas
* Hugo Sánchez
* Serginho
* Omar Sivori
* Alan Smith
* Hristo Stoichkov
* Davor Šuker
* Alan Thompson
* Vassilis Tsiartas
* Semir Tuce
* Nuno Valente
* Robin van Persie
* Terry Venables
* Christian Vieri
* Franjo Vladic
* Richard Witschge
* Mario Zagallo
* Boudewijn Zenden
 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q01. What does being left-handed mean?

Q02. What does being ambidextrous mean?

Q03. What percentage of the population is left handed?

Q04. Is lefthandedness inherited?

Q05. Are lefthanders naturally clumsy?

Q06. Is there a quick test to determine eye dominance?

Q07. Is there a quick test to determine handedness?

Q08. What makes a cup right or left handed?

Q09. What makes scissors right or left handed?

Q10. What makes a bowling ball left or right-handed?

Q11. What makes bowling shoes left or right-handed?

Q12. Do Lefties have an advantage in Bowling?

Q13. Do Lefties die younger than right-handers?

Q14. Are Lefties brain damaged?

Q15. Do Lefties make better athletes?

Q16. Do Lefties make inferior athletes?

Q17. In baseball, what makes left-handed hitters so successful?

Q18. In baseball, what makes left-handed pitchers so successful?

Q19. In cricket, what makes left-armed Batsmen so successful?

Q20. In cricket, what makes left-handed Bowlers so successful?

Q21. Is there a store catering to left-handers in my area?

Q22. Where can I acquire left-handed guitars?

Q23. Are there any publications for left handers?

Q24. Are there any recommended books for left handers?

Q25. What is brain dominance anyway?

Q26. Why does women's clothing button the opposite way of mens (left vs. right)?

Q27. Are there any left-hander advocacy organizations?

Q28. Why is left handedness considered something sinister?

Q29. Will you name some left-handed celebrities?

Q30. When is International Left-handers Day?

Q31. I'm rightie, my child's lefty. How can I teach him/her to tie shoe-laces?

Q32. Where can I get a left-handed fountain pen?

Q33. Where can I learn left-handed Calligraphy?

Q34. Why do we wear our wedding bands on the third finger of the left hand?

Q35. Where can I get a lefthanded joystick?

Q36. Where can I get a Left Handed Computer Keyboard.

Q37. Where can I get a left-handed mouse?

Q38. Why are there more Lefthanded Males than Females?

Q39. Do Lefthanders tend to have a specific blood type?

Q40. What percentages of Lefthanders exist in different societies?

Q41. Why do some lefthanders use Mirror script?

Q42. Why do Lefthanders hold the paper differently when writing?

Q43. Why are Lefthanders sometimes called Southpaws?

Q44. Are there any organizations concerning golf and left-handers?

Q45. Which sports banned left-handers?

Q46. What are left-handed playing cards?