Here in belgium, in dutch, we also say other right/left, but since french is one of our languages, that could be the origin, on the other hand I dont really believe its language related: from inside a head your left eye is not the same as from outside the head (like face culling in OpenGL,...). Instead I would think its just a softening for pointing out a mistake through use of humor.
2011/2/9 Mathieu Bouchard <ma...@artengine.ca>: > On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, András Murányi wrote: > >> It's not a brain damage, but a neurological thing. > > But brain damage *is* a neurological thing :} > > But the phenomenon of confusing left and right is so common, that in Québec, > we routinely call «gauche» «l'autre droite» ("left" is also known as "the > other right"), and call «droite» «l'autre gauche» ("right" is also known as > "the other left"), whenever someone picks the wrong direction after being > given an instruction. > > (I don't know about the existence of such an expression anywhere else) > > _______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu Bouchard ---- tél: +1.514.383.3801 ---- Villeray, Montréal, QC > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list