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This is/can be a cultural thing! My friend did a presentation on finger counting in grad school for our ed psych class. It was really cool to hear how things like language systems influence which hand and which finger people start on. I wish I remembered more specifics... I mostly just remember being fascinated by it.
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In asl, one has the index finger, two looks like a peace sign, and three is the peace sign with a thumb. Four is the "normal" way (no thumb). This is because the way for three with no thumb is used for six, which follows a pattern for numbers 6-9 (what im explaining would make more sense with visuals-)
I know very very little sign language (pretty much just the alphabet, 1-9, and a few words) but i count on my hands like this
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๐๐ปStart with the thumb. But there's actually a lot of different ways to count all around the world. In Asia they count finger bones. They use the thumb to touch the tip of the index for 1, the middle of the index for 2, the base of the index for 3, then the tip of the middle finger for 4, etc. They can count to twelve on one hand that way.
Middle eastern regions tend to start with the pinky too.
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This is a cultural thing definitely we multi generation Americans use index fingers. First generation or less Americans and everyone else uses thumbs. I think that the thumb one is more cultured and I will probably teach it to my kids because I will no longer be living in the USA at the time. But you do you. Agree consistency is key with all living beings.
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@wrongname2702
3 months ago
If im counting to myself, I start with the thumb. If im showing someone else, I start with the index finger. โ๏ธ
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