From tyagi@bjt.net Tue Dec 24 06:11:11 1996 Return-Path: tyagi@bjt.net Received: from kudonet.com (kudonet.com [165.227.52.1]) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA30132 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 06:11:08 -0500 Received: from kudo20.kudonet.com by kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id BAA15795; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 01:57:28 -0800 Received: by kudo20.kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id BAA15318; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 01:49:14 -0800 Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 01:49:14 -0800 Message-Id: <199612240949.BAA15318@kudo20.kudonet.com> To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org Subject: Religion/9612.vlcnslt.pr From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Reply-To: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) X-Status: Status: O >Path: kudonet.com!news.scruz.net!miwok!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!nntp.crl.com!news1.crl.com!nexp.crl.com!crl6.crl.com!not-for-mail >From: Patricia Riet >Newsgroups: alt.fan.surak >Subject: Re: Vulcan Salute >Date: 20 Dec 1996 09:46:57 -0600 >Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access >Lines: 18 >Distribution: world >Message-ID: <32B9F28F.16F6@openlink.com.br> >References: <199612191819.SAA17864@mail.enterprise.net> >NNTP-Posting-Host: crl6.crl.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Forward-From: vulcan-l-request@shikahr.com.inter.net >X-Original-Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 21:57:35 -0400 >X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Matthew Hampton wrote: > > Does any one know what the \V/ signifies ?? > > Matthew Hampton > According to Nimoy in "I am Spock", the Vulcan salute was created by himself based on a hand symbol from Orthodox Judaism. From his point of view, the Vulcan culture is extremely hand-oriented and the nonverbal counterpart to "Live long and prosper" (written by Theodore Sturgeon for "Amok Time"), made a lot of sense. Nimoy also mentions that this greeting was supposed to be a form of blessing. T'Llar ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the vulcan-l list, send an email message of "unsubscribe vulcan-l" to majordomo@shikahr.com.inter.net