Re: fingers

# 1 skrev:
> I have a question about fingers:
>
> How common is it in languages of the world to have diffenrent names for
> the 4 other fingers than the thumb? Names that are not only a
> distinction of sizes or order?
>
> I know that there aresuch names in French but not English. What's about
> the other languages?
>
> It is to know if I really need to create names for the 4 little fingers
> in addition of the generic word for finger or if people don't really
> need to be so specific or are confortable with using size/order distinction
>
> - Max
>
>
In Swedish there are several children's rimes with
the following names:

Tummetott  /'t8mmE,tott/
Slickepott /'slikkE,pott/
Långeman /'loNE,man/
Ringeman /'riNE,man/
Vickevire /,vikkE'vi:rE/


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