Quick survey for all you red blooded Americans out there...
While farmer hubby and I were watching Inglourious Bastards we had a disagreement.
The question is what finger do you put up first when you start to count on your fingers and which fingers are you holding up when you are counting to 3?
9 comments:
ALWAYS the index finger.
index,middle,ring seems right. in germany they start with the thumb!!
I start with my thumb either way
You start with your pointer finger on your right hand for No 1, continue with your middle finger on your right hand for no 2 and finish with your ring finger on your right hand for no 3.
I start with my thumb
The question is what finger do you put up first when you start to count on your fingers and which fingers are you holding up when you are counting to 3
First out: my left thumb.
When done: left thumb, left index finger, left center finger
I think I use my thumb to start counting and I hold up pointer, tall mann and ringman for 3 (I guess I have been singing to my kids too much).
I was rasied in a Norwegian household, so I was taught to start with the thumb as most Europeans do. I remember that scene well, becuase my husband and I lived in Italy for 5 years and he had to learn to raise his thumb when ordering beer, becuase often he would be brought 2 and never knew why. I told him it was becuase they knew he was a paratrooper and all paratroopers are drunks :) haha! Then I told him the truth and how to count as a European and not an American. He still prefered getting 2 beers at once...he said that he'd just drink the first one faster before the second got warm :)
for counting, i start with my thumb. For holding up fingers counting to 3, i start with my index-finger ... cool variety of responses
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