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LEFT LEFTIST LEFTY
~ LEFT THE SIDE OF THE BODY TOWARD THE SUNSET WHEN FACING THE SOUTH also THE SIDE CONTAINING THE HUMAN HEART for contrast note that LEFT is opp to RIGHT in regards to STRAIGHT or ERECT LAW CANON RULE or RIGHTS LAW JUSTICE DIRECT STRAIGHT AGREEABLE SATISFYING PROPER FITTING hx> THE GREEKS NAME THE LEFT HAND AS " BESTER " and the LEFT SIDE AS "THE SIDE OF GOOD OMEN" note MOST ANCIENT PRIESTS PERFORMED SACRIFICES FACING SOUTH TOWARD THE RISING SUN or EAST or EMERGING LIGHT LEVANT LEVITATE LEVEN as in ELEVATE see> below in sp LEVADURA = YEAST denotes a FERMENT USED TO LEVITATE BREAD sug> ELEVATE the above ideas relate to BENEFICENT SACRED POWER note that LEFT ALSO CAN IMPLY A SLUR as in LEFT or ABANDONED LEFT or LEFTOVER or WORTHLESS THE LEFT HAND IS MOST OFTEN WEAKER AND CLUMSIER and LEFT HANDED PERSONS ARE IN THE MINORITY see> LEFTY in Greek terminology THE LEFT SIDE WAS THE SHIELD SIDE THE RIGHT SIDE WAS THE SPEAR SIDE negative connotations of LEFT are found in political labels such as LEFTIST or LEFT WING also note AN INCA RULER LLOQUE YUPANQUI = LEFTHANDED or "ONE WHO WILL BE RENOWNED FOR PIOUS ACTIONS" showing that often LEFT HANDEDNESS WAS TAKEN AS A SIGN OF GOOD AUGURY myth> HEPHAESTUS "POURED WINE FOR ALL THE OTHER GODS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT" or in skt DAKSH or lat DEXTER implying DEXTERITY or DEXTROUS denoting FORTUNATE or TOWARD THE RIGHT note a relationship with the DAILY TRANSIT OF THE SUN FROM EAST or LEFT TOWARD THE WEST or RIGHT biol> THE LINKS BETWEEN PHILOLOGY BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN REGARDS TO LEFT AND ITS RELATION TO MAGIC or RELIGION PROFOUNDLY COLOR ITS ETYMOLOGY NOTE THAT PERHAPS WE ARE NATURALLY INCLINED TO USE THE HAND MOTION FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AS DO THOSE CULTURES WHO WRITE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BECAUSE INVARIABLY MOST PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR HANDEDNESS WHEN SHADING WITH A PENCIL WILL DO SO WITH MOTIONS FROM RIGHT TOWARD THE LEFT note HOW WE EMBRACE or how THE RIGHT HAND WILL SWEEP TOWARD THE LEFT note DURING AN EMBRACE FACIAL CHEEKS TEND TO FAVOR RIGHT TO RIGHT CONTACT sug> COITUS ~ LEFTIST implies LIBERAL note RADICAL LEFTISTS incl ANARCHISTS and COMMUNIST MARXISTS hx> FOLLOWING THE FRENCH REVOLT or REVOLUTION THE FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE WAS TO SEAT THE NOBILITY ON THE RIGHT AND THE COMMONS ON THE LEFT OF THE PRESIDING OFFICIAL ply> | POLITICS THRIVES ON SLOGANS AND POLITICAL DEXTERITY FAVORS TACTICS THAT BRAND AND DIMINISH THOSE WHO CHALLENGE ESTABLISHED POWER OF RIGHTEOUS RIGHTISTS OF THE RIGHT WING BY BRANDING DISSIDENTS AS ZEALOT LEFTIST or REVOLTING REVOLUTIONARIES WHO ARE DEXTEROUS AT USING LEFT HANDED TRICKS AS MEMBERS OF THE LEFT WING | ~ LEFTY vern for PERSON WHO PREDOMINANTLY USES THE LEFT HAND note LEFT DOMINANCE IS OFTEN PARTIAL or CROSSED as in LEFT HANDED and RIGHT FOOTED or RIGHT EYE DOMINANCE HAND FOOT EYE etc DOMINANCE CAN BE ALTERED BY DRILL biol> "ERECT POSTURE IS A RECENT HUMAN ACQUISITION AND IS STILL IN THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE ... WE MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE FACTORS ON WHICH OUR ERECT POSTURE DEPENDS..." Sir Colin MACKER [#] cited by Ira S WILDE [#] also note how MANUAL DEXTERITY AND LANGUAGE WERE CONCOMITANT HUMAN NECESSITIES sug> SIGN SIGNAL SALUTE med> IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH CLEAR DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR LEFT HANDEDNESS SINCE STRONG SOCIAL PRESSURES EXIST TO LEARN RIGHT HANDED SKILLS note DEXTERITY DEXTEROUS implies SKILL as in DEFT etc also LEFT HANDEDNESS or " LEVI DEXTERITY " HAS ACQUIRED NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS as in sug> STIGMA LEFT OUT or LEFT BEHIND myth> ROMAN AUGURS FACED THE SUN or SOUTH but the GREEK AUGURS FACED NORTH lat AUGO = TO TELL A PRIESTLY "COLLEGIUM" AN ESTABLISHMENT DEDICATED TO DELIVER AUSPICES or FORECASTS THE COLLEGE EXISTED UNTIL THE 4th CENTURY for more see> AUGUR PATTERNS OF THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS WERE SUGGESTIVE OF A GOOD OMEN IF THEY OCCURRED IN THE EAST SIDE or SUN RISE SIDE OF THE " TEMPLUM " DEFINED AS AN IMAGINARY SPACE DRAWN BY THE AUGUR THE CENTER OF THE SPACE WAS THE "TABERNACULUM" see> TAVERN IN ROME EAST WAS ON THE LEFT IN GREECE IT WAS ON THE RIGHT lit+ note complex convoluted ideas relating to LEFT Max Friedrich MULLER [#] said in Chips from a German Workshop vol 5 New York Charles Scriber Sons, 1881 pp 78 " BEFORE THE ARYAN NATIONS SEPARATED BEFORE THERE WAS A LATIN A GREEK OR A SANSKRIT LANGUAGE THERE EXISTED THE ROOT "SVAR" or indeur SVAL = GLITTER or WORM angsax SWELAN TO BURN sug> SWEATER ukr SVARKA FIGHT SVITLO LIGHT SVIT WORLD ger SWULL OPPRESSIVELY HOT sug> SWELTER also note Arabic YAD RIGHT HAND or HONORABLE HAND heg YAMIN RIGHT HAND ukr YADRO BEST PART SEED sug> ATOM Hebrew ZEROA LEFT HAND sug> ZERO BEN YAMIN BENJAMIN fr GAUCHE LEFT leading to GAWK or WRONG the above from Ira S WILE [#] cited below also note links between nature biology and religion eng SINISTRAL LEFT SIDE or HANDED lat SINISTER THAT IS ON THE LEFT HAND also AWKWARD formerly LUCKY PROSPEROUS sp SINIESTRO LEFT SIDE and also MINISTER and WRECK DEPRAVITY BAD OMEN UNLUCKY angsax SINNE SON implied SIN SINFUL or GUILTY see> SIN SON LEF HURT INJURY WEAK INFIRM LIF LIVE an opposite of LEF LAEFAN TO LEAVE ger LUFT AIR sug> LIFT lat LAEVUS LEFT AWKWARD STUPID also PROPITIOUS also LUCKY note link with LEVIS LIGHT sug> ALLEVIATE eng LEVO~ prefix to denote left as in sc> LEFT DEVIATING eg LEVULIN LEVULOSE ukr LIVO LEFT sp LEVA WEIGHING ANCHOR sug> LEVY LEVANTE EAST or LEVANT LEVADURA YEAST as in EAST see> LEVEN LEVA LEVY LEVANTAR LIFT LEVE LIGHT LEVITY LEVEMENTE GENTLE LEVITA DEACON LEUDO LEAVENED see> LEVITY LEUCEMIA LEUKEMIA or WHITE BLOOD LEUCOMA med> WHITE SPOT it denotes mostly SPOT THE CORNEA OF THE EYE LEUDAR TO LEAVEN as FERMENT WITH YEAST eng LEVITY LIGHT RISES from the EAST GAIETY MIRTH ELATION ukr LIVYJ LEFTY LEFTIST perhaps source for surnames LEVI LEVIN SVITLO LIGHT A VITAL INDOEUROPEAN SVIT UNIVERSE PERCEPTIBLE WORLD sp ZURDO LEFT HANDED also CLUMSY UNABLE NON DEXTROUS port SURRO RUIN VILE DIRTY sug> SORDID Basque EZKUR HAND perhaps this root spread and mixed with Celtic KERROS LEFT or CROOKED sug> HANDICAP Catalan EXQUERRE LEFT sp IZQIERDO LEFT OF PRE GREEK ORIGIN note the hand to take OATHS WITH or TO GREET is the RIGHT HAND in contrast with doing things "ON THE LEFT" which may imply that RIGHTS were LEFT OUT note ukr NA LIVO = ON THE LEFT implies ILLEGAL SMUGGLE DECEIT SUBTERFUGE note as contrast that WHEN FACING THE RISING SUN THE LIGHT MOVES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND IS A REASON FOR GAIETY hx> in some instances THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY WAS GIVEN ATTRIBUTES OF ILL FORTUNE or EVIL IN CONTRAST TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH WAS LINKED WITH VIRTUE CORRECTNESS etc as denoted by WESTERN CHRISTIANS MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS FIRST TO THE RIGHT in contrast note that ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT etc BUDDHA POINTS TO THE RIGHT HAND as the PATH TO NIRVANA SATAN SITS TO THE LEFT OF GOD IN THE BIBLE THE SHEEP ARE BLESSED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CURSED GOATS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE LORD med> FEWER THAN 50% OF CHILDREN OF TWO LEFT HANDED PARENTS ARE "LEFTIES" furthermore IDENTICAL or MZ or MONOZYGOTIC TWINS OFTEN ARE DISCORDANT FOR HANDEDNESS ABOUT 15% OF YOUNG ADULTS ARE LEFT HANDED BUT THE PROPORTION DROPS WITH AGING IN SOME ESTIMATES TO AS LOW AS 1% AMONG OCTOGENARIANS THE ABOVE FACTS ARGUE THAT LEFT HANDEDNESS MAY REFLECTS BRAIN ABNORMALITIES AND MAY POSE RISKS also AMONG RIGHT HANDED PERSONS 97% ARE LEFT BRAIN DOMINANT FOR LANGUAGE in contrast to LESS THAN 20% OF LEFT HANDED WHO ARE RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANT FOR LANGUAGE THE ABOVE IMPLIES DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN ORGANIZATION PERHAPS THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY AMONG THE LEARNING DISABLED LEFTIES ARE MORE COMMON AS ARE THE AMBIDEXTROUS or THOSE LACKING BRAIN DOMINANCE SOME PROPOSE THAT MILD BRAIN DAMAGE INCREASES THE CHANCE FOR NON DEXTERITY THUS INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR LEFT HANDEDNESS hx> note RECENT USA POLITICAL FORTUNES WERE IN THE HANDS OF "LEFTY" PRESIDENTS among which were Presidents FORD NIXON REAGAN and CLINTON biol> A VAST LITERATURE ON BRAIN DOMINANCE AND ASYMMETRY OF FUNCTIONS AND ON LEFT HANDEDNESS IS WITHIN EASY REACH CURRENT STUDIES SUGGEST A ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE AND OTHER HORMONES BOYS DEVELOP CEREBRAL DOMINANCE MUCH LATER THAN GIRLS DOMINANCE MAY BE A "LOCK IN" OF FUNCTIONS WITH BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS perhaps THE LONGER THE DELAY IN DOMINANCE THE LONGER WE MAY LEARN lit+ note complex abstractions " UNITY IMPLIES MORE THAN UNITY ONE EXISTS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF MORE THAN ONE AT THE VERY BASIS OF ALL UNITY EXISTS THEREFORE AN IDEA OF DUALITY OR PLURALITY ... UNITY AND DUALITY ARE REFLECTION OF THOUGHT ... MAN ... SEARCHES FOR SINGLE LAWS PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS AND PROVES THEM BY THEIR EXCEPTIONS ... THIS DUALITY HEALTH AND DISEASE HEAVEN AND HELL RIGHT AND LEFT ... " from the Introduction to HANDEDNESS by Ira S WILE [#] Boston 1934 Chapter 2 Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co lit+ note a petition by Benjamin FRANKLIN [#] to educators advocating {in vain} the promotion of AMBIDEXTERITY " ... REMOVE THE PREJUDICES OF WHICH I AM THE VICTIM ... THE PARTIALITY OF OUR PARENTS WHO MADE THE MOST INJURIOUS DISTICTION BETWEEN US ... I {THE LEFT HAND} WAS SUFFERED TO GROW UP WITHOUT THE LEAST INSTRUCTION {WHILE THE RIGHT HAND} HAD MASTERS TO TEACH HER WRITING DRAWING MUSIC AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ... IF ANY INDISPOSITION SHOULD ATTACK MY SISTER {RIGHT HAND} WHAT WOULD BE THE FATE ... " signed THE LEFT HAND art> LEONARDO RAPHAEL PICASSO AND MANY OTHERS WERE LEFTIES note UNUSUAL BRAINS AMONG ARTISTS MAY BE MORE USUAL or HANDEDNESS IS LESS IMPRESSED OR REPRESSED AMONG PAINTERS |