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Subject: Re: T'Pau and the hand signal
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 21:47:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  8 21:47:36 1984
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Re ihnp4!jao:
> Okay, the way *I* heard it, the actress who played T'Pau had to use
> her left hand to help her right hand into the Vulcan salute configuration.
> So she got her salute all set up with her hand still in her lap,
> then raised her pre-positioned hand for the greeting.
> Nimoy, of course, can produce it on the fly without resorting to
> camera closeups.

For the benefit of you ST trivia details heads, when Cohanim (Jewish
priests) do the Vulcan hand jive, they don't do just like Spock does.

A Cohen holds both of his hands in front of him in the Vulcan
configuration, with right thumb touching left thumb and right
forefinger touching left forefinger, palms forward.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274