Vulcan salute Leonard Nimoy for the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time", which was the first episode with Vulcans other than Spock. Nimoy wanted something to help develop the Vulcans sociologically and suggested that Vulcans have a gestural greeting. He then proposed the (now globally-recognized) sign. The accompanying spoken blessing, "live long and prosper" – ""dif-tor heh smusma"" in the Vulcan language (as spoken in "") – also appeared for the first time in "Amok Time", scripted by Theodore Sturgeon. The less-well-known reply is "peace and long life", though it is sometimes said first, with "live long and prosper" as the reply. The
Prosper, Oregon was likely chosen in the hope the locality would be prosperous. In 1915, Prosper's population was 500, and it had two salmon canneries, and two shingle and saw mills. Passenger boats traveled three times a day to Bandon and Coquille. Prosper, Oregon Prosper is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about northwest of Bandon next to the Coquille River. There is no longer a town at the site. The first cannery on the Coquille River was started in about 1882 by D. H. Getchell in what came to be known as Prosper. Prosper was founded