re: Left-right....;)

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re: Left-right....;)

Raoul — 8/14/2004 2:13:34 PM (archived)

It's amazing how those "directions" have taken sides even in languages!

Right is right, dextra, straight...

Droite (right) leads to "droit" (straight), adroit (skillful).

Gauche (left) is gauche (awkward), sinistre....

Raoul

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Official notice - Art Martin - 8/10/2004 10:40:29 PM
- Tom is okay - Buck Galaxy - 8/15/2004 3:24:37 AM
- Unofficial notice - Bowser - 8/14/2004 2:59:59 PM
  - Phil is okay too - Buck Galaxy - 8/15/2004 3:26:17 AM
  - Using Labels: a quick-start guide - McFly - 8/15/2004 2:53:11 AM
    - Lessee. "Labels" - you used more than I did. - Bowser - 8/15/2004 5:28:23 AM
- Grist - FrankC - 8/11/2004 5:18:22 PM
  - re: Grist - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 6:12:05 PM
    - Tom, if I posted as much as you did, this would become a site for children's and young adult lit. - Mary Anne - 8/12/2004 1:04:26 PM
      - just please don't leave, either of you - Daniel L - 8/13/2004 8:59:10 AM
      - For that matter, I'm left-handed. Go figure. - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 2:22:13 AM
        
        Not only am I left handed, but I was also born on Leap Year. (n/t) - Lee - 8/15/2004 3:14:19 AM
        
        I know you are. Odd, isn't it? - Mary Anne - 8/13/2004 4:14:12 PM
        
        Always thought you were a bit sinister. ;-) (n/t) - tony - 8/13/2004 1:01:58 PM
        
        re: LOL LOL ;) - Raoul - 8/13/2004 3:28:22 PM
        
        So an ambidextrous person is sinister only every other day of the week? (n/t) - Art Martin - 8/13/2004 10:14:11 PM
        
        re: Left-right....;) - Raoul - 8/14/2004 2:13:34 PM
- Don't crow about it, just do it. (n/t) - shrinking violet - 8/11/2004 5:15:06 PM
- But then what the heck are you coming here for? - McFly - 8/11/2004 2:20:15 PM
  - re: But then what the heck are you coming here for? - Art Martin - 8/11/2004 3:25:24 PM
- Personally crafted IGNORE buttons...... - Lindy - 8/11/2004 4:19:37 AM
  - Come on, I haven't boiled anyone in a pudding for WEEKS! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:50:34 AM
  - It's actually nice to be here. - Art Martin - 8/11/2004 4:25:40 AM
    - HEH HEH HEH- APOTHER VICTIM (n/t) - R.L. - 8/11/2004 7:08:39 AM
- Welcome to the Zone, Art - Fox - 8/11/2004 4:01:51 AM
  - re: Welcome to the Zone, Art - Davin L. - 8/11/2004 4:58:00 AM
    - Put it on my tab, Davin *grin* - Fox - 8/12/2004 2:26:38 AM
  - Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 4:17:17 AM
    - re: Morals superiority - Raoul - 8/11/2004 3:57:04 PM
      - Actually . . . - Fox - 8/12/2004 2:43:58 AM
        
        Geez, I hope that was a joke... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2004 4:43:20 AM
        
        No, it was a Flame (this *is* the Flame Board, isn't it?) (n/t) - Fox - 8/12/2004 2:45:41 PM
        
        No joke. the bitterness is so thick it can be cut with a knife - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/12/2004 6:24:38 AM
    - A trout in the milk? - R.L. - 8/11/2004 7:13:32 AM
      - re: A trout in the milk - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 7:47:25 AM
- and yet, believe it or not - tony - 8/11/2004 2:04:35 AM
  - What's ridiculous though is I'm a moderate myself - Art Martin - 8/11/2004 4:21:51 AM
    - Educated doesn't simply mean the number of degrees you have - Art Martin - 8/13/2004 9:43:28 PM
      - I took your use of educated in the sense you meant it. - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 10:39:58 PM
    - I Don't Agree With You - Mark Eby - 8/12/2004 2:38:02 AM
    - "Every educated and vital person I know..." well, okay. By the way, I'm on my fourth chair. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:52:28 AM
      - Wait...is it cheating if I talk to you in a header? HA! You've already read this! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 5:53:23 AM
  - It is odd what constitutes an "event." - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 4:01:39 AM
- Just on CE or Flame, I hope. - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 12:56:23 AM

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