[HPforGrownups] Righties and lefties in Potterverse

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 83733

Iggy here:

I don't really think the issue of Peter's finger, or Remu's wand use would
be that much of an issue, actually.

Personally, I am considered left handed merely because I write and do
intricite work with my left hand.  Yet I shoot guns or bows with my right
hand.  If I'm cutting food with a knife, I can use either hand, but when
I've practiced knife fighting, I am distinctly right handed.  In fact, if I
had to cut off a finger for some readon, I'd actually be more likely to
remove one from my left hand since I only need three fingers to write with,
but I'd feel like I'd need all the fingers on my right hand to wield a wand,
catch a quaffle, etc...

In many cases, a person can be "left handed" but "right armed"... which
means that while their left hand is dominant for things like writing, their
right hand is dominant for things that tend to require broader movements.

(I also took American Sign Language for a semester in college, and the
teacher found it incredibly unisial that I was left dominant when I write,
but right dominant when I signed.  Usually, you sign with the hand you write
with... partly because it's considered to be your "expressive" hand.)

As for the wand... I don't think it's a factor of which hand a person uses
to wield the wand, rather it's the person themselves that makes the
difference.


Just my two centaurs worth.

Iggy McSnurd