How many fingers are there? Hello everyone! I have a really stupid question, but I can't get it out of my head. Would appreciate your help. There's a song, "Third finger, left hand" by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQKvcDiLCM My question is about these lines: "'Cause third finger, left hand That's where he placed the wedding band"As far as I know, in Western cultures, a wedding ring is placed on the finger between the middle finger and the little finger (I know it actually depends on people's religion, but in general) - which is why this finger is called "the ring finger".* However... whichever way I look at my hand, it's never "the third finger" for me. So, my question is: is it really common in Anglophone countries to call the ring finger the third one, ignoring the thumb? Or did they actually mean the middle finger in the song? Or am I nit-picking and this is one of the "songs are not supposed to be 100% correct" situations? *By the way, it's "the nameless finger" and "the forth finger" in Russian - hence my puzzlement. Thank you!