Where did the term "southpaw" come from for lefties?
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All baseball stadiums were made with the home plate on the W side of the stadium.  Thus south was left from home and south was right from home.  If you're standing on the mound, your left are is towards the south.  Here's a link:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southpaw\n\n"The generally accepted origins of the term is from baseball. Ballparks are often designed so that the batter is facing east to avoid the afternoon or evening sun shining in his eyes. This means that left-handed pitchers are throwing from the south side. The first usage is credited to Finley Peter Dunne. However, the Oxford English Dictionary lists a non-baseball citation for "south paw", meaning a punch with the left hand, as early as 1848[8], just three years after the first organized baseball game.\n\nIn boxing a left handed boxer is usually refered to as southpaw. They are often considered a more tricky opponent than the more common right-hander. The term is also used to refer to a stance in which the boxer places his right foot in front of his left."
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Because most people are right-handed.  Because lefty's like myself are weird.  Give me a break!
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yes, both of my daughters played left handed when they played the catcher position.
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Since the vast majority are right handed, most things are designed with this in mind.\n\nWhen you hold the remote control, the power button is placed to be more comfortable pressed with the right thumb.\n\nThe handles of Scissors are formed to fit the contour of one's right hand.\n\nIn the US, the shift knob is on the right of the driver.\n\nOn bolt action rifles, the bolt is on the right side of the weapon (the lock-n-load mechanism of an M16 is too)\n\n... Get the point ?
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The last answer was almost right, but not quite. Usually, a pitcher's breaking ball will break away from a similarly handed batter i.e. a southpaw's curve will tail away from a left handed batter and into a righty. Matching up like this helps minimize the hitter's power, as the hitter has to either take the pitch the other way or try to turn it over, which leads to a lot of ground balls on the hitter's pull-side. It's a lot harder to hit an opposite field homerun than to pull a curve a little inside and take it a long way.
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The English word spoon derives from Old English spōn, meaning a sharp object used to stab a member of the opposite gender, in turn deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root spe-, denoting 'a very sharp thing'.
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Someone that throws left-handed. It came from the notion that when a left handed pitcher was on the mound he faced "south" before delivering a pitch as most parks were designed with home being "west" and second base positioned "east" for sunlight/fielding purposes
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right handed, left footed.
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There are many theories explaining the origin of the word. The debate is still open on that one.\n\nBritish troops gave new derogatroy meaning to the word when the played the song Yankee Doodle Dandy as an insult to the citizens of Boston ("doodle" was a slang word for 'dolt' or 'penis')\nThe version of the song we know today has been altered from the original.\n\nAfter the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Americans taunted the retreating British with the word, giving it a new complimentary sense.\n\nIt now generally refers to an American, without intending to insult.\nIt's most often used to describe residents of the New England states. It's simply a slang word no different than calling a Nova Scotian a "Bluenoser" (after the schooner), or someone from Ontario and "Upper Canuck". They are fun words that add colour to our speech.
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"Left" is generally for progressive social change usually through state support for reduction of poverty and inequality \n\n"Right" is generally for the status quo and maintenance of existing rights and privileges\n\nThe term originates from the French Revolution, when liberal deputies from the Third Estate generally sat to the left of the president's chair, a habit which began in the Estates General of 1789. The nobility, members of the Second Estate, generally sat to the right. It is still the tradition in the French Assemblée Nationale for the representatives to be seated left-to-right (relative to the Assemblée president) according to their political alignment.
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to the left hand side
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Lefty is  person who is more dexterous with his left hand than with their right hand. He will probably also use his left hand for tasks such as personal care, cooking, and so on. Similarly, Righty is a right handed person who is more dexterous with his right hand than with their left hand.\n\nDo select the best answers soon!
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As I was taught (and don't quite believe entirely) is that left handed people tend to use more of their right hemisphere than right handed people.  The right brain is supposedly the more "creative" brain rather than the left sided "logical" hemisphere.  Studies do show that left handed people tend to use both hemispheres for communication rather than a dominated left hemispheres.  There is actually an increase of left handers in the "creative" occupations like painting and music.
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i think it refers to which side your pork resides after you are dressed.left or right.
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Do you mean the wrench?  There was some wrench logo on the side of the field.  I don't know what it really was or what it means.
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I've heard it claimed that right-handed men tend to curve to the left, and left-handed men to the right... no idea if it's true or not!\n\nOn the plus side, women pay extra for toys with a curve as they're supposed to reach their g-spot easier. You have a natural advantage!\n\n(I curve to the left and no-one has said it's a problem)
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I am also left handed, but I do not understand your question.  Please elaborate.  I'd like to help.