# Left-handed Vulcan salute **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606 "2010-07-30T17:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/21 "2010-08-13T20:26:22Z")
Left hand - no problem. Right hand - the pinky side pair dip forward. I need to work on their ability to stand at attention. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/22 "2010-08-13T22:57:58Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > > [@Nature\_s\_Call](#): > > > > What exercises can I do to achieve success? > > You could take up guitar. > > My anecdote: I have played guitar for over 15 years, and I just experimented with the salute with both hands. My right hand: I just can’t make it happen. My left hand: not only can I do the salute without difficulty, I can switch quickly between 3-1, 2-2, and 1-3 finger patterns. Yeah, I can DO it with my right, but not nearly as well, even though I’m right handed. Same reason. Try the 1-2-1 pattern as well, or simply spread the fingers of each hand as far apart as you can and compare hands. ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/23 "2010-08-13T23:35:21Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Try the 1-2-1 pattern as well, or simply spread the fingers of each hand as far apart as you can and compare hands. Yup, 1-2-1 left-handed is cake. And the finger-spread difference between hands is indeed an old party trick of mine. (My left ring finger gets most of the way out to my right pinky when my thumbs and index fingers are matched together.) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/24 "2010-08-16T11:01:05Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > No problem foe me with eother hand since I was a child. > > snapping fingers? Nope, can’t do it. > > Raising one eyebrow? I would seel my sister to the gypsies to learn how to do that. I just noticed my spelling! How illogical. ---
**Author:** ![qpw3141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/6bbea6/32.png) [@qpw3141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qpw3141)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/25 "2010-08-16T11:19:00Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > > [@BMalion](#): > > > > No problem foe me with eother hand since I was a child. > > > > snapping fingers? Nope, can’t do it. > > > > Raising one eyebrow? I would seel my sister to the gypsies to learn how to do that. > > I just noticed my spelling! How illogical. They all looked like typo’s to me. 🙂 The one where you double type the wrong letter (e.g. ‘seel’ for ‘sell’ above) is an interesting one and I’m sure it could provide some valuable insights into human control/transmission mechanisms. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/26 "2010-08-16T12:55:29Z")
I can do the Vulcan salute with both hands (and all other combinations of fingers). I blame reading **Dune** at a time when I had too much time on my hands. Actually, it is more likely to be related to learning to play both the piano and guitar, but hey, a SF reference is way better. Si ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/27 "2010-08-16T15:29:23Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > > [@BMalion](#): > > > > No problem foe me with eother hand since I was a child. > > > > snapping fingers? Nope, can’t do it. > > > > Raising one eyebrow? I would seel my sister to the gypsies to learn how to do that. > > I just noticed my spelling! How illogical. We just assumed that you are one of the ambidextrous Rohirrim, who can use “eother hand.” – (though evidently not too well :D) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606/28 "2010-08-16T16:15:25Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > > [@BMalion](#): > > > > I just noticed my spelling! How illogical. > > We just assumed that you are one of the ambidextrous Rohirrim, who can use “eother hand.” – (though evidently not too well :D) I’m aashamed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-vulcan-salute/548606.md?page=1)