# What is the sound of one hand clapping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 15, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/119078 "2002-07-15T16:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carolinemcginn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carolinemcginn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carolinemcginn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/119078/1 "2002-07-15T16:33:07Z")
I always thought it was ‘cl’… ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/119078/2 "2002-07-15T16:44:17Z")
uh oh… here it comes! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/119078/3 "2002-07-15T18:41:05Z")
And I always thought that you couldn’t get clap from using one hand. Oh. Was the _grammer_ in the above sentence _wrong_? I’m dreadfully sorry. “I always thought you couldn’t clap with one hand”. There—grammer good enough to please a Mod. And, _of course_ nothing else was meant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowWarrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@ShadowWarrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowWarrior)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-sound-of-one-hand-clapping/119078/4 "2002-07-19T15:05:30Z")
Gramm **a** r was fine - shame about the spelling 😃