Talk:Nail (anatomy)

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Longest nails
says
 * The longest female nails to ever exist measure a total of 601.9 cm.

I don't have the source volume, but I see the following problems:   "to ever exist" is unknowable. And this is certainly a fact about the past; even if it was current when published, that was five years ago. Changing to "known to ever have existed".  601.9 cm =19.75 feet, which is absurdly impossible for a fingernail. The text says "fingernails", plural, and "a total of", but these are easy to overlook in a quick read. That comes to an average length of 19¾ inches per fingernail, = 1ʹ 7¾ʺ, which is astonishing but credible. Editing accordingly.

--Thnidu (talk) 16:02, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Nails in popular culture
From Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 - Author Barkham Burroughs

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 * 1) A white mark on the nail bespeaks misfortune.
 * 2) Pale or lead-colored nails indicate melancholy people.
 * 3) Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid, and bashful nature.
 * 4) Lovers of knowledge and liberal sentiments have round nails.
 * 5) People with narrow nails are ambitious and quarrelsome.
 * 6) Small nails indicate littleness of mind, obstinacy and conceit.
 * 7) Choleric, martial men, delighting in war, have red and spotted nails.
 * 8) Nails growing into the flesh at the points or sides indicate luxurious tastes.
 * 9) People with very pale nails are subject to much infirmity of the flesh and persecution by neighbors and friends.

Nelfies
The article used as a source for "nelfie" as someone posting a picture of their nails online in no way indicates that's what it is. Rather, that article talks specifically about women getting a portrait of themselves painted on their nails. The link to "nelfie" also doesn't say it's anything to do with nails, but rather a portmanteau of "nude" and "selfie," so I think the sentence should be removed. Twist of limestone (talk) 18:35, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Accessory nail
can a link be made to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_nail_of_the_fifth_toe 62.49.178.9 (talk) 23:55, 17 November 2023 (UTC)