[RightOnline]

"Now I've heard that handedness is opposite earedness (what ear you put the phone to). If that's true, then all of us lefties should be right-eared. I am, how 'bout you?"

Nope. EXTREMELY "left-eared". I spend a lot of time every day on a phone, and to hold one up to my right ear feels incredibly awkward and uncomfortable.

[upcountry miss]

I, too, am left-eared and left-eyed. I find it very difficult to write anything while talking on the phone as I have to hold the phone to my right ear in order to free my left hand for writing. I also write upside-down and find writing on a blackboard next to impossible. Also, flip-charts. In my day, fountain pens were used and I continuously blotted my work as my hand glided over everything I had written previously. Was a straight A student, but to my consternation, I never did get an A in penmanship.

[RightWhale]

Remember the study that showed the left ear hears personally and the right hears in a businesslike way? When at home getting a call from family, use the left ear, the sympathetic, understanding ear. When at the office use the right ear, the no-nonsense, state your business ear. This has little to do with handedness.