On 4/29/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
Indeed - and rightly so. Actually it's four fingers and one opposable thumb. Just as well we insist on proper sources, really :o)
Actually, the word finger has two meanings, one which includes thumb, and one which doesn't.
"The English word "finger" has two senses, even in the context of appendages of a single typical human hand:
1. Any of the five digits. 2. Any of the four non-opposable digits."
Wikipedia contributors, "Thumb," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thumb&oldid=126179729 (accessed April 30, 2007).