Indeed.
Thank you! I feel like Iâve learned a lot.
A global problem.
I feel attacked
Sorry, didnât mean to step on any foot-fingers.
And yet German still calls mittens âhand-shoesâ.
Gloves are hand shoes, mittens are FĂ€ustlinge: fistlings
I had no idea âfingers of the feetâ was so wide-spread. Even in Wales!
First iâm hearing of it.
Bys troed = âfootâs fingerâ, as opposed to bys llaw âhandâs fingerâ.
They missed Irish; mĂ©ar coise is a âfootâs fingerâ, and similarly mĂ©ara on its own could mean âfingersâ or âtoesâ depending on context.
Yes, but iâm reading the map as implying that this is common parlance which i had never before heard despite living here all my life.
In Irish and Scots, there at least seems to be a distinct word that can mean toe (âladharâ), though I donât know whether this is in wide use. This might be why they are categorized as âtoeâ regions on the map rather than âfoot fingerâ.
I donât know from Welsh either â @politeruin, is there a word distinct from âbysâ that you would use to mean âtoeâ?
No idea, i donât speak it nearly fluently enough to know but i can ask my partner who does.
And yet nobody calls fingers âhand toesâ
Can you digit?