# right handed, left handed, both?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 8, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326 "2002-12-08T17:45:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326/21 "2002-12-09T05:16:44Z")

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I am a forced changeover. Was a full lefty, but went to Catholic school as a child and was switched. Now I write and throw righty, but was a switch hitter (in baseball, potty-brain) and used my left foot almost exclusively. My left eye is dominant. I cannot even hold a rifle on my right side - I cant close my left eye by itself.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326/22 "2002-12-09T07:48:52Z")

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I’m mostly left-handed. There are certain things I do mainly with my right hand, though: use the mouse;bowl; certain hygine needs (from TP to brushing my teeth); hold a glass or mug to drink from…I’m sure there are more, but some things, like using the remote are a hard thing to call since I don’t notice which hand I use more since I do use both for the task.

I’m willing to bet that most people who consider themselves ambi are amongst the “missing” lefties that scientists mention: supposedly, although only 10-14% of us end up left-handed as adults, 35% of people are primarily left-handed before starting school, and have it conditioned out of them by well-meaning (but wrong, IMO) adults.

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326/23 "2002-12-09T15:18:18Z")

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The only thing I do right-handed is write. Everything else is done left-handed.

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**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-handed-left-handed-both/141326/24 "2002-12-09T15:30:42Z")

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99% Lefty, the three things that I know I do right handed are using scissors, shooting a shotgun/Rifle or Bow and computer mousing.

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