On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 22:52 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 2/23/06, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] > 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! :-) [snip] -- brtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
