I taught myself to count from the pinky, because each of the gestures for 1-5 is quite natural: the thumb retains the bent fingers and releases them one by one.

I taught myself to count from the pinky, because each of the gestures for 1-5 is quite natural: the thumb retains the bent fingers and releases them one by one. It's, er, culturally variant, but not in a way that raises eyebrows.