My wife, who is a lefty, had to write with a fountain pen through her first few years in school. She said she'd come home ink stained, and that she sometimes had to start an assignment over after smearing it. Her older brother, on the other hand (no pun intended), was beat with a yardstick until he learned to write with his right hand. Paul On Sep 25, 2011, at 4:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 02:34:21PM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> So what did lefties do before ballpoints? > > Kept quiet about it. > > My grandmother wasn't allowed to be a lefty - she was forced to eat, > write, etc. with her right hand. > > That was the norm in her generation. I don't know if she would have > allowed my mother to be left-handed, but the problem never arose. > > Being allowed to use a ballpoint pen rather than a fountain pen > was pretty radical when I was at school. Fortunately for me most > of the schools I attended were quite progressive in their views; > some of the other schools in the area still insisted on "real" pens. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
