Lessons to be learnt about left-handers  Nick Afka Thomas does
the maths You probably missed it, but last Sunday was the 15th
annual Left-Handers Day, an event that highlights the endless
ways in which our world is designed for right-handers. Being one
of the estimated 10%-15% of lefties myself, I've always
struggled with ticket-slots on the tube being placed to the
right, so that popping your card in the slot to your left opens
the wrong barrier. Very embarrassing at rush hour.  A lot has
been written about the persecution of left-handers. The Romans
called the left "sinister", and still today the word "left"
carries clear negative associations in at least nine of the
world's 10 most spoken languages (it would be surprising if
Bengali didn't have this bias as well, but I couldn't find any).
My favourite piece of left-bashing is the Spanish phrase no ser
zurdo, which means "to be clever", but literally translates as
"not to be left-handed".  So what would the Spanish make of an
economic study in the US that u