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I am right handed so I eat with my right hand. My two sons are left handed. It is not a matter of using the left hand for toileting purposes but I do remember hearing that when I was growing up. When I was in school the nuns absolutely forbid anyone from using their left hand for writing or eating. But now? I really don't think people, in general, apply that rule too rigorously. However I am sure there are cultures or relgions that would teach the left hand purposes.
I'm right, one son lefty, one righty. Lefty and I shoot pool opposite, i shoot left, he shoots right. Eat with whatever is convenient. Fork in left if cutting with right, etc.
I have seen on Tv and movies that many in the West eat with their left hands.
Is this recommended practice or not?
I am curious because we specifically use the right hand to eat as the left hand is used for cleaning after going to the bathroom.
Thanks in advance
well no you dont have to eat with your left hand i just think that is how they used to eat back then i mean if everyone had to eat with their left hand then most people would be outcasts!♥
In Latin, the word for "left" is "sinister" (from that comes bad, evil). The word for "right" is "dexter" (from that comes dexterous, skillful).
From that comes expressions like, "His right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing". Thieves would steal with their left and transfer to their right. Cleaning oneself after using the bathroom would be done with the left hand; eating would be done with the right. (In Europe, in order to cut meat, one puts one's fork in the left hand to steady the meat while the knife in the right hand does the cutting. Then the fork stays in the left hand to eat a chunk of meat. The right then puts down the knife across the top of the plate and takes back the fork for further eating. That's probably why some of you have the idea of eating with one's left hand.)
There are many allusions to handedness (left vs. right, bad vs. good) in literature.
Throughout history, left has gotten a bad rap. Right is good.
When I was in school and printing, and later cursive, was being taught, if a student tried to write with his or her left hand, the teacher slapped it with a ruler. We all had to use our right hand with no argument. (This was in public school. Parochial school students had the same experience. Thank goodness I was a righty....)
We use our right hand as it is hygienic since we are recommended to clean ourselves with our left hand after using the bathroom.
I am not sure about writing and other things,but we do always use the right hand when giving or recieving things from people,shake hands,eat etc.
Shy,
I did not know that about the nuns forbidding using the left hand for eating.
Wondergirl,
I can see why the left vs right has been practiced from the very beginning of human civilization because I believe the rules must have come from the same source (Almighty).
In Latin, the word for "left" is "sinister" (from that comes bad, evil). The word for "right" is "dexter" (from that comes dexterous, skillful).
From that comes expressions like, "His right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing". Thieves would steal with their left and transfer to their right. Cleaning oneself after using the bathroom would be done with the left hand; eating would be done with the right. (In Europe, in order to cut meat, one puts one's fork in the left hand to steady the meat while the knife in the right hand does the cutting. Then the fork stays in the left hand to eat a chunk of meat. The right then puts down the knife across the top of the plate and takes back the fork for further eating. That's probably why some of you have the idea of eating with one's left hand.)
There are many allusions to handedness (left vs. right, bad vs. good) in literature.
Throughout history, left has gotten a bad rap. Right is good.
When I was in school and printing, and later cursive, was being taught, if a student tried to write with his or her left hand, the teacher slapped it with a ruler. We all had to use our right hand with no argument. (This was in public school. Parochial school students had the same experience. Thank goodness I was a righty....)
It's true that doing things with the left hand has gotten a pretty bad reputation throughout the years. Excellent post, Wondergirl! I tried to spread the "love" some, but could not.
I use my right hand as a preference. But, since I am a professional pianist, I tend to be ambidextrous. Sometimes there is no preference as to which hand I will use. For my culture, it doesn't matter which one I use for eating or for using the bathroom. There may be some activities where it might be frowned upon to use one hand or the other in my culture. But, I have not experienced what they might be yet. This includes the schooling that I have had.
Different cultures do different things. Muslims also believe something, our culture doesn't, about showing the soles of one's shoes being an insult. I'm sure there's more, but I'm really ignorant about Islam.
Do you live in an Islamic country? Your English is so good I always took it for granted that you were a white Christian girl from NY who converted. Interesting how we make up stuff......
I love the differences between people. I celebrate them.
excon
PS> I tried to utilize my left hand in the bathroom..... Useless....
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