You definitely do not play classical music laying your guitar on the odd leg like a lazy rock star.

Who says I play classical music, banna I play the guitar anyway..over my head sometimes.I'm good what can I say

not being critical; it is like playing chords over modes. When you get it down you then can mess around. You obviously have it down. I play the opposite leg and angled up for best access to the fret and ease of play. It is a dreadnought and not a strat with its flattened back and cutaway.

Been playing 47years now. I started playing when I met a fellow by the name of Spence and a few friends on Brickdam play. I joined them and played a bit at the Brickdam cathedral, at this time I couldn't play but I watched them and followed. The guitar became a part of my body for a while after.

When I first came to Canada I played on Yonge St back in the 70's, didn't do this for too long, it was just to assist a few buddies who spent their time out there. 

That's a 12 string Ibanez. I like Ibanez as my first choice, I even play it more than my 12 string Taylor.

Now I am absolutely amazing,playing on the wrong leg.

Do not doubt you are. I used to play on younge street. My sister worked on by temperance and younge and would make sure not to pass by where I was.

Many people hold the guitar as you do. Only those trained classically or in flamenco hold it as I do. To play well as you do one has to cross their legs to bring the instrument closer to the body.There is however no de facto right way to hold it except as you are comfortable.

Even in playing some people hold chords as is convenient.  You cannot play james taylor songs without noting he has specular fingerings. He hold the A shape and D shape ( open chords) backwards. He says that he does this  so he can hammer on better. If you want to play "Carolina on my mind" ( he uses a capo on the third fret) where he uses those shapes, you get can only get his sound the way he holds those chords. He holds the guitar as you do so it is slightly sideways

We get accustomed to what feels comfortable. I am sometimes backed by an Irish lad who plays a right handed guitar, left handed, the high e is at the top. Doing lead work throws him off a bit. Most left hand players tend to change the string settings, don't they?

He also plays the fiddle well,which is something I never really liked but he does some amazing things with it. I usually ask him to use it whenever we jam.

There are left handed guitars. On most acoustic guitars you simply flip the strings.You may have the pick guard upside down as the only side effect in instances.

You cannot do that on a strat since the cut away and the dip that rests against the body will not match. It is the same with any cut away shapes. Left handers need a left handed guitar made for them.

As long as you get the CAGED system down the shapes would be the same for a left hander as with a right hander. Lead is about being able to find the note you want where it exists on the guitar. I think the CAGED system is the best since one only have to mentally shift the position or look at the guitar white dots and get located to find any key.

It is good to know chords over modes. I was lucky someone taught me the Nashville Numbering system as a kid so I was at home with chord theory very early on.