looks like a local island person
Sir. Although mainstream, modern English seems to have no specific correlations between the words left or right and other connotations (the double meaning of right as correct and the opposite of left appears to be coincidental)[2], a linguistic prejudice shows itself both in the dialects of England and Scotland and in various phrases containing 'left handed.'What did they call the right handers?
Wae aye clever buggers.What did they call the right handers?
'Tis true! However that source omitted this (from an old book I have on the shelf):Sir. Although mainstream, modern English seems to have no specific correlations between the words left or right and other connotations (the double meaning of right as correct and the opposite of left appears to be coincidental)[2], a linguistic prejudice shows itself both in the dialects of England and Scotland and in various phrases containing 'left handed.'
Dialectically, in some parts of Scotland, left handed is often called 'cacky handed' (cack being slang for excrement in that area)[1,2]. In other parts of the United Kingdom, 'left handed' has also been termed cork handed, cunny handed, flog fisted, back handed, cob handed, and ballock handed-- words with connotations ranging from simply clumsy or awkward, [1] to outright vulgar.[2]
That should be a definition of the DNC...'Tis true! However that source omitted this (from an old book I have on the shelf):
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I use my right hand to scratch my hole..... no one suspects a thing till they put a cheetoh up to their mouth... just sayin'