Talk:Index finger

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During the Bosnian war, Orthodox Serbo-Bosnian troops raised two fingers in a victory sign (maybe related to Orthodox versions of the sign of the cross), Catholic Bosnian Croats raised three fingers (for Trinity) and Muslims raised the forefinger (after the strict monotheism of Islam).

...gets it all wrong: in fact, it was Croats who raised two fingers, and Serbs raised three. Consequently, attempted explanations are also wrong. I've corrected this in the Sign of the cross article and copied it here verbatim; see also Talk:Sign of the cross. GregorB 21:49, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Why it's called the 'index' finger

Umm...the middle finger wasn't called the index finger in the past because it was used to 'flip through index cards.' This is so ridiculously erroneous. Index means 'something that points or directs', so it was called 'index' finger because it points at things, not because its used to flip through index cards. Whoever wrote that is clearly a dumbass and shouldn't be allowed to write on wikipedia ever again.