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Something You Probably Did Not Know

by John Cole|  July 17, 20058:35 pm| 4 Comments

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So I was reading this:

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Craig Wilson was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a fractured left pinky.

Wilson, who has had just 96 at-bats this season, was hit on the hand by a pitch from Chicago Cubs starter Greg Maddux in the first inning of Saturday’s 3-0 victory and left the game.

And for no particular reason, I found the appearance of the word ‘pinky’ in a news report amusing. Then I realized I did not know why the little finger is called the pinky. Google to the rescue:

Actually, pinkie `little finger’ comes from an early Dutch word which meant `small;’ that word was pinck. The Dutch word is also the source of English pink `pale red,’ because pinck was what the Dutch called a flower of the species Dianthus, which has small, often pink flowers with pinked edges.

Interesting.

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  1. 1.

    Halffasthero

    July 17, 2005 at 9:57 pm

    Enough about the Pirates…so, did the Vikings trade their way to the Superbowl or are we doing the 2nd verse, just like the first? (credit: Herman’s Hermits)

    I like their defense now – even thought they gave up Moss who – I am told – Oakland gave up an arm and a leg for with their draft picks and Napolian Harris.

  2. 2.

    Vlad

    July 18, 2005 at 1:11 pm

    As a Pirate fan, I found the news a little less amusing.

  3. 3.

    Jay C

    July 18, 2005 at 2:11 pm

    I’m sure the news was less than amusing to Craig Wilson: whatever the etymological derivation of the term, a fracture of the fourth finger, whether called the “pinky” or something else, is certainly NOT a trivial injury: especially to a MLB ballplayer. For shame.

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    smijer

    July 18, 2005 at 4:15 pm

    That info corrects me where I was mistaken before. Dianthus are sometimes sold under the common name of “pinks” in the U.S., which I assumed was derived from the color of their flowers. According to this info, however, I had the etymology of the words reversed… That’s something interesting.

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