Jerry wrote:
"S for Sinistre, of course, Italian for "left". Left-handed people are so persecuted - in Italy they are "sinister". At least in France they are merely "gauche"."
The true translation of left in Italian is 'sinistra'. Left-handed people are also not called 'sinister' or any related word. They are actually called 'mancino(i)(a)(e)'. In French they are 'gaucher', not gauche.
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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ