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 Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: [OT] Chinese Handwriting |
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I currently try to learn chinese handwriting. To write a character i have to follow an order
(for ex. drawing a line from left to right). Since i am left-handed i wonder if there are special
rules for me. In my motherlanguage there are non ): ...  |
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liuspider
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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as far as I can tell: none in Chinese either
As a matter of fact: left-handed persons will have so much trouble in writing Chinese, most of parents will force their left-handed children to be right-handed...
anyway, don't be frighted, you can manage it 
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If I think a second time about the the handwriting and after writing some characters the only "problem" again is to write from left to right because of the ink. On the board I can use both hands.
Forcing left-handed people to the right hand is told to be a bad idea (google). |
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liuspider
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| EOF wrote: | | If I think a second time about the the handwriting and after writing some characters the only "problem" again is to write from left to right because of the ink. On the board I can use both hands. |
Yes, that's the most significant problem...
| EOF wrote: | | Forcing left-handed people to the right hand is told to be a bad idea (google). |
that's a established practice longer before google's birth
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