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@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to History Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago

It's called the RIGHT hand for a reason

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It's called the RIGHT hand for a reason

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@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to History Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months ago
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  • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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    In Spanish the right and left are called diestra (dexterous) and siniestra (sinister) respectively.

    • @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      That’s Italian, in Spanish it’s Derecha and izquierda.

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        That would be “destra” and “sinistra”, actually. “diestra” sounds like something made up by an American LARPing as an Italian

      • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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        https://www.ingles.com/comparar/diestra/siniestra

        • @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Never heard a Spanish person use diestra or siniestra on a day to day basis. I assume that’s like destra e sinistra in Portuguese (my native language) that are very rare synonyms used when someone wants to sound pretentious.

          • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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            I never said it was common.

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      • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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        Well. It’s Spanish. Most of it originated from Latin.

    • teft
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      I know them as derecha e izquierda for the directions and I’m bilingual in spanish.

      Diestro is right handed but for left handed I hear zurdo more. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone use siniestro.

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