I've had a lot of questions about the forefinger from readers who are not from this area.
Last year was the thumb year, meaning Auburn had 5 wins over Alabama in the Iron Bowl. Hold up one hand with 4 fingers showing.... what's missing?? The Thumb!
Now hold up the other hand along with the first hand. Show 1 finger. Which finger is it? FOREFINGER!! Meaning 6 wins over Alabama!
This year was a really great game with Auburn winning 17-10!
Last week at school before we let out for the Thanksgiving holiday, co-teacher and I had the students claim their team (Alabama or Auburn) along with their prediction of the outcome. We had all kinds of predicted scores including one that was 1001-100. However we did have ONE student hit on the correct winner and score. It was our ELL student, Jose*!
*Name changed to protect the innocent!
2 comments:
LOL, I had to read that twice :)
Got it though. GO Auburn?
yayyy
Trying to grasp this finger language Southern tradtion, it occurs to me that if you asked an Alabama fan to "hold up the other hand along with the first hand, Show 1 finger. Which finger is it?" ... I suspect it would not be the forefinger. <grin>
Patrick
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