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The pinky What is the origin of calling the small finger pinky? Is that so in the entire english speaking regions. Are there other names? Etc. Thank you.
1 de set de 2016 08:17
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As far as I know it is used in all parts of the English speaking world, you can find the exact history of it here http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pin1.htm As the Dutch word for this finger is "pink" it likely first came to Scotland, then slowly introduced into the entire English world. There is also the "fore" finger *the one you point with and the "middle" finger".
1 de setembro de 2016
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I have never heard of another name of that type. It is usually known as the "little finger," rather than the "small finger," though.
1 de setembro de 2016
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We also say ring finger for our fourth finger so really every finger has a name of some sort. Interesting that it might have come from Dutch!
1 de setembro de 2016
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