Depends on your definition. Wikipedia is either ambivalent about it, or lists the thumb as a finger.
In Dutch, thumbs are fingers, and there’s word for “digit” in the context of fingers and toes.
Eight. A thumb is not a finger.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
What is it then, a leg? That’s dumb.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 days ago
I’ve never seen an explanation why though.