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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I'm talking about SOS. A better "spelling" of which would be ---...--- Just for your information, the "initialisms" involved in that code translation came well after it was created. And, it was created as such because pretty much any moron could remember it in code.
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Actually, S is dot dot dot and O is dash dash dash. So SOS in morse code is ... --- ...
And, S O S is an abbreviation for save our souls. And since S is three dots "actually dit"... a single/short click, beep or flash depending on the signaling method. I don't think morse designed the code so that ... --- ... would mean help/mayday/sos on purpose.
(My brother is a ham operator so I know a bit about morse code.)
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