2025-12-23 23:29 UTC
Eight. A thumb is not a finger.
Replies (3)
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@ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2025-12-23 23:49
Depends on your definition. Wikipedia is either ambivalent about it, or lists the thumb as a finger. In Dutch, thumbs are fingers, and there’s word for “digit” in the context of fingers and toes.
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@Lumidaub@feddit.org 2025-12-24 01:36
I’ve never seen an explanation why though.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2025-12-24 10:44
What is it then, a leg? That’s dumb.