What Sam Thinks

1. Talking with Sam yesterday, I discovered something very odd. I was telling him that I had gotten hurt by something "right on the bottom of my fingernail." (By this I meant, Position B) But HE thought I meant Position A! Not understanding how position A could be described by any stretch of the imagination as "the bottom of the fingernail," I probed further. And learned that he labels the parts of the hand as follows:

D: The "tip" (but not the "top") of the finger

E: The bottom of the finger ("the top" of the finger, to him, is the entire other side; what I would call "the back")

A: The bottom of the fingernail

B: The top of the fingernail (however, he prefers the "top" and "bottom" designations to refer to depth; i.e. what normal people would call "under" the fingernail, Sam would call "the bottom"---see also E, above)

C: "If pressed," Sam says, "I suppose I'd call this the 'root' of the finger."


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 5. This is a good idea
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  1. GinnaNovember 3, 2008 at 5:47 AM

    I just ended up on a 10 min web excursion trying to figure out what the heck was up with "dr. chevalier" and I decided it's pretty awesome too.

    But I'm wondering, who taught Sam his hand anatomy? Is he really from outer space maybe?

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  2. MelissaNovember 3, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    This reminds me of that test where you ask someone to look at their fingernails--the idea being that a man will generally look at his nails by turning his palms up and cupping the fingers while a woman more commonly spreads her hands flat out in front of hrt. Maybe Sam's top/bottom confusion stems from this tendency. No idea.

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