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Re: Largest digit with a name?

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ibokor@metz.une.edu.au (ibokor) wrote:

>: Assuming you are talking about mathematical objects and not body parts,
>: the largest digit is 9, of course.  If you mean body parts, the largest
>: digit would have to me the middle finger.
> I have just compared my thumb and my middle finger, from the tip to the
>third joint. My thumb is a tad longer and substantially broader. I guess
>that makes it larger. The same basis of comparison makes my big toe the
>largest digit.

Where are you measuring from?  The point at which the thumb portrudes
from the skin, or the point at which the bone is mobile, ie. where it
joins the wrist?  Cos on me, my external portion of my middle finger
is longer than my thumb.

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