How the way you count reveals more than you think

Can confirm I count the English way.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210902-how-finger-counting-gives-away-your-nationality

> Many people around the world learn to count on their fingers, but we don't all do it in the same way. Could there be a better method?

How the way you count reveals more than you think

Many people around the world learn to count on their fingers, but we don't all do it in the same way. Could there be a better method?

BBC

@EricLawton @Dio9sys Oh, interesting, I never really thought about this!

I count up to 5 in the Japanese way depicted in the video - start with palm out and fold fingers in, starting with the thumb as 1. Beyond 5 I either start folding my fingers on the same hand back out, starting with unfolding the thumb as 6, or I use the Chinese counting system.

By the way, there are regional variations in the Chinese hand counting system as well!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_number_gestures

Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia