[ghoul2]

I have always counted to 20 on one hand. even as a kid. base, lower joint, upper joint, top. times 5 - including the thumb: my motor memory is trained so that i switch seamlessly from keeping the curse on top of the finger using my thumb, and then, once i cross 16, switch to using the index finger to "cursor" the thumb.

[susam]

Same here. I have always counted 20 on one hand, so 40 with both. That's how my parents taught me to count when I was little. I used this method so often as a kid that, even though I don't count like this anymore, every number up to 40 still has its own place on my fingers.

It was only as an adult that I realised nobody around me counted this way. You are the first person I have found who talked about this method, so I am glad to find this comment of yours.