Have you ever seen a man, most likely an Asian man, walking around with a long pinky nail? I know such a random topic, but I was browsing through Gdgt and saw this photo of the new iPhone and what appears to be a hand with only a long pinky nail. I remembered that the Gizmodo guy who broke the story was Asian and therefore this popped in my head. Now I could be wrong and it could be a woman’s hand or a person who isn’t Asian, but I don’t know.
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My son’s uncle, who is Cambodian, used to have a long pinky nail and I never really knew why. At first I thought it may be for picking his nose, but then thought about other things it could be used for such as scratching, ear cleaning, opening cans, and other stuff. I never really asked him, but I did grow mine out for a while and found it quite useful after I cut my other nails and had an itch I needed to scratch.
If anyone has any real reasons as to why any cultures may do this, please feel free to chime in. There is nothing wrong with it I just have wondered why. I stopped doing it as it seemed to always get caught on something and break or someone would ask me why the heck my fingernail was long. Is it just to be used as a tool or some sort of status symbol?
Looks like I am not the only curious one.
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My big brother once had his pinky nail. I don't know why, but it sounds logical from all your reasons.
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