Talk:little man

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"The little finger". Really? Also is the plural little mans like the article says. As said in the article's history, isn't this dialectal, assuming it does exist. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:13, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Changed the plural. "Little man" does mean finger (not any particular finger) in some children's finger-counting rhymes, e.g. "Ten little men all in a row; Ten little men to market go." I don't think it's a general usage any more than "this little piggy" for the toes. Equinox ◑ 18:05, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I have heard piggies used for toes, clearly referring to the nursery rhyme but not mentioning it directly (see [1] for example). I personally haven't heard little man/men used colloquially for fingers. --dmh 06:06, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. —Ruakh_TALK 23:37, 18 August 2010 (UTC)