Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: Oh-oh : just started to listen, and at 5:10 he says he burned the INDEX > finger of the RIGHT hand. >
Maybe he is dyslexic and has difficulty telling his right from his left. Like me, and my grandmother. No kidding. It isn't just in present perceptions. The problem extends to memory. It also interferes with cardinal direction finding. We would be hopeless in one of Australian or Mexican languages such as Guugu Yimithir in which all directions are geographic; i.e., in a crowded jeep, "why don't you move west and give me some room" (meaning "scoot over"), or "look out for that big ant just north of your foot" (where in English we would say "left of your foot" and I might say "right of your foot.") (Those examples from Guy Deutscher) Someone I know (I don't recall who) said while giving directions: "Your left! No, I mean your other left!") It could also be a problem with a foreign language. - Jed
