In the 9/24/19 One Big Happy, both Ruthie and her mother name fingers, but in different ways: (#1) Ruthie gives them (descriptive) nicknames — the proper names Hitchy, Pointy, Big Girl, Wiggles, Wee One — while her mother Ellen provides the common nouns referring to the five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, … Continue reading Call it by its name