Bob Taylor wrote:
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 22:52 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
On 2/23/06, Mike McCarty mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net wrote:
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So, the idea that the thumb is not a finger is specific to the English language. Indeed, in Hebrew it is a finger- as are the toes! So while English speakers have 8 fingers, Hebrew speakers have 20.
Now I'm an American and I have 10 fingers, two of which are thumbs. Sorry, I just couldn't resist! :-)
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Actually, I'm *all* thumbs!
Mike