How a Person Counts To Ten on Their Fingers Reveals Where They Are From
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#6WYNZ)
LinguistRob WattsofRobWordslooked back through history to learn the origins of the English numeral system, how it evolved into the numbers we use today, and how someone counts to ten reveals the region where they live.
Why do our numbers look the way they look? Why do we count the way we count? These questions answered and many more in this video looking at where English got its numbering system.
The latter point was proved quite clearly in a pivotal scene from Inglorious Basterds.