Dear Bingley: thanks for posting the Quinion item. There is what I believe is an inaccurate statement near the end about "counting coup". An American aborigine (aka Indian) in combat who had the courage to show his contempt for the adversary by merely tapping him when he could have struck a damaging blow could count each time he did it, if he eventually was the victor, and could wear some sort of ornament on his ceremonial garments to record this.