Is a thumb a finger?

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By definition, a thumb is not a finger. It's a thumb. You have eight fingers.

GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 12:11

By definition, a thumb is not a finger. It's a thumb. You have eight fingers.

You are dumb. Thumb is just the name given to the finger with 2 phalanges instead of three. It's still a finger.

Are arms big fingers with tiny fingers attached to them?

Spin @ 6/1/2018 11:05

GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 12:11 By definition, a thumb is not a finger. It's a thumb. You have eight fingers. You are dumb. Thumb is just the name given to the finger with 2 phalanges instead of three. It's still a finger.

No, its a digit not a finger.

also,

It doesn't have the word "finger" after it. You've got the pinky finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, and then just a THUMB.

If I put 2 pieces of bread around my thumb is it a sandwich?

Ahoda @ 6/1/2018 15:04

If I put 2 pieces of bread around my thumb is it a sandwich?

It's a finger sandwich

technically its a thumb sandwich

GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 13:48

Spin @ 6/1/2018 11:05 GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 12:11 By definition, a thumb is not a finger. It's a thumb. You have eight fingers. You are dumb. Thumb is just the name given to the finger with 2 phalanges instead of three. It's still a finger. No, its a digit not a finger. also, It doesn't have the word "finger" after it. You've got the pinky finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, and then just a THUMB.

Humans, as a species, have 5 fingers and 5 toes on each limb. It's simple biology. Just because you call it something else, doesn't make it different.

Spin @ 6/1/2018 12:38

GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 13:48 Spin @ 6/1/2018 11:05 GRANDMASTER DS @ 6/1/2018 12:11 By definition, a thumb is not a finger. It's a thumb. You have eight fingers. You are dumb. Thumb is just the name given to the finger with 2 phalanges instead of three. It's still a finger. No, its a digit not a finger. also, It doesn't have the word "finger" after it. You've got the pinky finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, and then just a THUMB. Humans, as a species, have 5 fingers and 5 toes on each limb. It's simple biology. Just because you call it something else, doesn't make it different.

Just because you choose to ignore proper classifications and the definition of words does not make you right, professor.

You have 5 digits on each hand, and 5 digits on each feet. On each hand you have 4 fingers and a thumb, and on each foot you have 5 toes.

Now that I’m re-reading that, spin said that humans as a species have 5 fingers AND 5 toes on EACH limb and I’m just wondering how people look like where spin lives

GRANDMASTER DS #18 @ 6/1/2018 15:27

Now that I’m re-reading that, spin said that humans as a species have 5 fingers AND 5 toes on EACH limb and I’m just wondering how people look like where spin lives

You don't?

Spin @ 6/1/2018 13:32

GRANDMASTER DS #18 @ 6/1/2018 15:27 Now that I’m re-reading that, spin said that humans as a species have 5 fingers AND 5 toes on EACH limb and I’m just wondering how people look like where spin lives You don't?

5 fingers and 5 toes on each limb?

I can say with a certainty that I most definitely do not have five fingers and 5 toes on each limb.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/is-a-thumb-a-finger

Granted, a "fingerless" glove also doesn't have covering for the thumb, so shouldn't it be a "digitless" glove then?