Comments on: 6 Famous Right-Handed Southpaws

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:14:05 +0000

@ John, what you say is not unheard of. However, here is a photo of Einstein holding a pen in his right hand: http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Images/einstein-late.jpg

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:14:48 +0000

I am left handed, but i write on a chalk board with my right….perhaps this is what Einstein did as well?

By: Alissa

Alissa — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:34:24 +0000

I’m right handed

By: Alissa

Alissa — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:31:02 +0000

They’re right handed like me!

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:00:26 +0000

@ Christine, I had heard that too. I couldn’t find anything conclusive, but this page says that handwriting experts concluded that the signature on her letters was written by a left-hander (however, we can’t be sure that it was her writing). http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_signatures.html

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:50:24 +0000

I’ve read that Jeanne d’Arc / Joan of Arc was apparently left handed. But of all the paintings I’ve seen of her, save one, she is shown as a righty. (And anyways, who knows how long those paintings were made after she died?)

By: john lester

john lester — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:14:30 +0000

i im a left handed , but i
there’s no something
special on me…

By: hermes handbags

hermes handbags — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:12:46 +0000

As a lefty, there are many things I do, that would make me probably a mixed handed person. Since there were so few things made for lefties as I was growing up, it was just a matter of survival to adapt to use your right hand more.

The only thing I hated was the desk that was shaped for the right handed person and I’d have my arm hanging out while I tried to write.

And now we have a left handed president, I love it.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:09:26 +0000

@ Tracy, about 2-3% of right-handers do that, but I’ve heard different stories about what it means as far as speech processing goes. Anyway, if you want to use that as an excuse to use lots of !!!!!!, I think that’s OK.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:31:34 +0000

Interesting! I am very strongly right handed, in fact I have a difficult time doing much of anything with my left hand. The odd thing is, when I write or draw, I hold the pencil like a lefty with my hand hooked in (so I always have ink or pencil smudged on the side of my hand). I’ve been told this means that although I’m right handed, I process speech with my right hemisphere. I am taking that to mean I have a pass on excessive use of exclamation points.

This brings back memories of years of teachers and parents trying to get me to hold the pencil the right way (in both senses!).