I have a friend who I've been arguing with over this issue. He has trouble knowing what exactly I mean when I refer to the right or the left in conversation. For instance, he believes that the right side of a car is the right of a person sitting in it. Yet, when talking of the car standing outside of it, he thinks the right side is the other side (left side when sitting in it). I think the right side of a car is always the right of a person sitting in it, regardless of where the conversation is taking place.
Other situations: while looking at things in a mirror; buildings; rooms; doors and windows; turning a key, screw, etc.; keys on a key-chain; "the girl on the right," and many more.
Is there a universal rule to knowing which side is the left and which side is the right, or does it all depend on where you are speaking from when you refer to them?
Thanks.
2006-11-29
17:14:55
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etruscantribe
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