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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since handedness is genetic, there is a chance that that's what she was told when she learned to use the right hand (pun intended)

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39092/how-did-sinister-the-latin-word-for-left-handed-get-its-current-meaning yea, stupid ideas are contagious and latch onto language and culture, apparently. In Italian, left is still "sinistra", so that creates other fun puns like learning to use the sinister hand.