Maybe I'm super blind, but...

^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American. :p

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Originally Posted by Viridiana

^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American. :p

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how is it not american? why cant it be both? our troops have always saluted like that.

all jewelry is dated

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

how is it not american? why cant it be both? our troops have always saluted like that.

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US troops and British troops actually salute slightly differently. The British (and LL) salute show the back of the hand when viewed from the front. The American one shows the edge of the hand when viewed from the front. Also, Americans don't do the stomp to attention thing that the British and LL soldiers do. >_>

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Originally Posted by Viridiana

^^That, and the LL salute is actually British, not American. :p

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Actually, the salute as far as the hand placement and position is American. The foot stomp could be British.

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...1321306711.jpg

That is definitely not palm out but palm in. Here are the respective salutes and that is much closer to US Military than British as far as the hand goes.

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...alute_1300.jpg

And tbh, after serving in the military, no offense to General Gates, his salute is "unsat" and lazy.

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Originally Posted by Geesus

Actually, the salute as far as the hand placement and position is American. The foot stomp could be British.

That is definitely not palm out but palm in.

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The palm shouldn't be facing in, the edge of your hand should be facing out as the poster above you pointed out. If we want to get technical, it's also not correct because the elbow is drooping too much.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

The palm shouldn't be facing in, the edge of your hand should be facing out as the poster above you pointed out. If we want to get technical, it's also not correct because the elbow is drooping too much.

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I edited the above post; either way, it's a combination of both and also, I'm not going to "debate" which of whose salute it is. I chose it because it reminds me of the Navy in which I served so ... enjoy either of your opinions/choices.

oh great attack of the how-to-salute nerds.

Okay, so I never zoomed in to see if it was palm in or out, but considering that the American one is palm-down. . . Well, I can't say that it's closer to the British one for that, but combined with the stomping, I'd still peg it as overall closer to the British salute.

Also, yay for completely derailing this topic. :D

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Originally Posted by Geesus

I edited the above post; either way, it's a combination of both and also, I'm not going to "debate" which of whose salute it is. I chose it because it reminds me of the Navy in which I served so ... enjoy either of your opinions/choices.

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Indeed, I served in the army. Although I chose Uldah because it made sense for my character's narrative.