Fronter and Backer

[Dennis R. Preston]

Hmmm. It never occurred to me to note that I was not only old, male,
white, South-Midland (Louisville), half-hillbilly, half-Hungarian,
and right-handed but also fallen Baptist. Does that last make my
left-clicking suspect?

dInIs

PS: I have both rode and called the critters, but with no great skill.

>Highly suspect thoughts:
>
>>>Or you could use the nautical terms "forward" and "aft" (with superlatives
>"forwardmost" and "aftermost")<<
>
>Wouldn't the superlative of "aft" be "aftmost"?  I could swear that's what
>they say on Star Trek (i.e. aftmost lateral sensor array), but I could be
>inventing that.
>
>Also, of clicks and horses:
>
>I'm white, I've never ridden a horse or had need to call one, Catholic
>right-handed, and  I click on the left.  I can click on the right but find it
>odd.  I was taught that clicking went with handedness (which I accepted since
>I was originally left-handed).
>
>-dsb
>Douglas S. Bigham
>In Transition...

--
Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
740 Wells Hall A
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
Office - (517) 353-0740
Fax - (517) 432-2736