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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:41 am    Post subject: [OT] Chinese Handwriting Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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