Blake,
Old writings I've seen usually agree with your thoughts about
right-handedness, swords hanging and all that. It's said that Europeans
and the Brits all mounted horses and travelled on left side of the road
until the French Revolution. At that time, it's said, France chose to be
different in this respect and switched travel sides, though not
horse-mounting sides. The USA, still smarting from the recent
unhappiness of 1776 and then 1812, standardised on the French side.
I can't cite a single source for this, however.
Bob
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:38:23 -0600 yd3@nvc.net writes:
> My theory:
>
> Bear with me for the first paragraph. LBC content coming. If
> you're only into the technical aspects of MGing you may just want to
delete
> this. But if you also enjoy something more esoteric, read on.
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