# Why "hand" for direction?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hand-for-direction/965400 "2022-05-31T02:42:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hand-for-direction/965400/37 "2022-05-31T08:23:24Z")

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**Moderator Note**

> [@Peanuthead](#):
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> No, he wasn’t illiterate, he was retarded.

Note that while the word “retarded” was once a perfectly acceptable medical term, these days the word is considered to be both outdated and offensive. Please avoid using it here on the SDMB.

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