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CORNEL DACOSTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yours is an interesting observation. However, I
> always believed we had ten fingers of which two
> are are also called thumbs. We also have ten toes
> of which two are referred to as big toes. This sure
> is getting too complicated and beyond me. Perhaps
> Dr Gilbert will throw some light on this dilemma
> now that the issue of caste has been flogged to
> death.
Cornel,
If I am not mistaken, you sort of, have proven my
point. One of the topics above gets my "thumbs up."
The other, gets a "finger." :-)
IMHO, proper knowledge of the digits allow us to
express ourselves more clearly (in this ever inceasing
digital world).
Mervyn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_digit
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