Yes John, I forgot about the problems lefties had in the Middle Ages ...
Chris
On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 22:42 Europe/London, John Hudson wrote:
But "dexter" is indeed Latin for right - "dexterous" is derived from
it. Whereas "sinister" is Latin for left, and the derivation of
"sinister" in English is that left was bad, right good; for that reason
the guest of honour sat on the host's right hand.
but let it be known that us lefties are the only ones of our right
mind.
Nothing sinister about that !
jh
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