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Entry: Stuck for a No-touch Greeting? Try Spock's Vulcan Salute: Live Long, and Prosper - A87941541
Author: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor - U128652

I channelled my inner Mr Spock for this one.

LLAP.

GB

Thank you so much - we need this Entry

Thank you

It was very difficult to keep the emotion out of this one, I am currently reeling from the news of a Facebook friend who has died from covid-19 just a month after her mother also died from it.

My daughter came for a social-distanced chat today and she performed the Vulcan salute for me so I could photograph it. I'll send it along to the artists if/when this is picked

Yes, difficult times indeed...

This is very topical, so hopefully it won't take too long to get through Peer Review - it will look lovely with your daughter's Vulcan Salute on it!

Good idea, this! (My brother-in-law has been telling everybody to 'live long and prosper' for months now, it's taken over the church congregation.)

Could you mention the origin of the Vulcan salute in the Jewish blessing? Leonard Nimoy explains it in an oral history with the Yiddish Book Center here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyiWkWcR86I

(You don't have to link to the Yiddish Book Center entry at A87945187 ...)

As Nimoy says in the interview, 'People don't know that they're blessing each other.' I found out by glorious accident.

Many years ago, my wonderful Yiddish professor in Cologne, Germany showed me this blessing and explained its significance. I realised at that moment that this was the same as the Vulcan salute, but I kept very, very quiet about it, as I was sure he had never seen 'Star Trek'.

thanks!

We knew about the Jewish connection, so I'm happy to add it

Anything else here? The death of the handshake featured on BBC News this morning - but there was no mention of "Live Long, and Prosper". The needs to know!

Just reading through again, I had a couple of thoughts:

I wonder if Footnote 1 is needed - has it been superseded by more recent studies?

"We may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely, and humanity will have to adapt to stay safe. People had spread the virus before they became symptomatic. " - the verb tenses don't match - perhaps something like: "We may have to live with coronavirus indefinitely, and humanity will have to adapt to stay safe - people can spread the virus before they develop symptoms. "

Apart from those minor points, I think it is ready - this is a lovely Entry - thank you

All done, thank you Sasha!

Thank you

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