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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://vis.social/users/infobeautiful/statuses/116657730586666958">Information Is Beautiful (infobeautiful@vis.social)'s status on Friday, 29-May-2026 22:24:53 JST</a><a href="https://vis.social/@infobeautiful" title="infobeautiful@vis.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/206737-48-20231101144627.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Information Is Beautiful" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Information Is Beautiful</a></section><article><p>The real European divide - toes or "fingers of foot"? :)<br><a href="https://brilliantmaps.com/toe-vs-finger-of-foot/" rel="nofollow">https://brilliantmaps.com/toe-vs-finger-of-foot/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6437161#notice-12671957">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-05-29T22:24:53+09:00" title="Friday, 29-May-2026 22:24:53 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116657730586666958" rel="external" title="Sent from vis.social via ActivityPub">vis.social</a></span></span><a href="https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116657730586666958">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6126040">A colorful linguistic map of Europe titled “Toe or ‘Finger of Foot’ in Different Languages” comparing how different languages name the body part “toe.” A legend indicates green areas use a distinct word meaning “toe” while red areas use a compound term meaning “foot finger.” Northern Europe including the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, and parts of Germany and the Netherlands are shaded green, with labels such as English “toe,” German “Zehe,” Welsh “bys troed,” Irish “ladhar méar coise,” and Scandinavian forms like “tå.” In contrast much of southern and eastern Europe is shaded red, showing languages that literally translate to “finger of the foot,” including Spanish “dedo del pie,” Portuguese “dedo do pé,” Italian “dito del piede,” Greek “δάχτυλο του ποδιού,” Turkish “ayak parmağı,” and Slavic languages such as Russian “палец ноги” and Polish “palec u nogi.” France appears with a mixed patterned area indicating variation, labeled with both “orteil” and “doigt de pied.” Smaller labels mark regional languages such as Basque “behatz,” Catalan “dit del peu,” and Maltese “saba’ tas-sieq.” The map visually highlights a clear geographic divide, with northern European languages tending to have a single dedicated word for toe, while many southern and eastern languages describe it as a type of finger belonging to the foot.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/vissocial/media_attachments/files/116/657/730/478/808/431/original/7fed61d743a02445.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/vissocial/media_attachments/files/116/657/730/478/808/431/original/7fed61d743a02445.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: brilliantmaps.com</div><h5><a href="https://brilliantmaps.com/toe-vs-finger-of-foot/">Use of the Word Toe vs “Finger of Foot” In Europe</a></h5><div> from <span>Brilliant Maps</span></div></header><div>The map above shows which European languages have a sperate word for toe and which ones use some variation of "finger of foot". More on them below:</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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The real European divide - toes or "fingers of foot"? :)
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1. A colorful linguistic map of Europe titled “Toe or ‘Finger of Foot’ in Different Languages” comparing how different languages name the body part “toe.” A legend indicates green areas use a distinct word meaning “toe” while red areas use a compound term meaning “foot finger.” Northern Europe including the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, and parts of Germany and the Netherlands are shaded green, with labels such as English “toe,” German “Zehe,” Welsh “bys troed,” Irish “ladhar méar coise,” and Scandinavian forms like “tå.” In contrast much of southern and eastern Europe is shaded red, showing languages that literally translate to “finger of the foot,” including Spanish “dedo del pie,” Portuguese “dedo do pé,” Italian “dito del piede,” Greek “δάχτυλο του ποδιού,” Turkish “ayak parmağı,” and Slavic languages such as Russian “палец ноги” and Polish “palec u nogi.” France appears with a mixed patterned area indicating variation, labeled with both “orteil” and “doigt de pied.” Smaller labels mark regional languages such as Basque “behatz,” Catalan “dit del peu,” and Maltese “saba’ tas-sieq.” The map visually highlights a clear geographic divide, with northern European languages tending to have a single dedicated word for toe, while many southern and eastern languages describe it as a type of finger belonging to the foot.
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  Use of the Word Toe vs “Finger of Foot” In Europe
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  The map above shows which European languages have a sperate word for toe and which ones use some variation of "finger of foot". More on them below:

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