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Originally Posted by pilotbob
As I said, I know it was not morse who decided SOS was an emergency signal. But, further reading shows that you are correct the letters SOS are not significant. I found some interesting article here about it:
http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/060199tip6.htm
Although it doesn't mention Germans at all.
BOb
BTW: Is there a difference between being "wrong" and "dead wrong"? 
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Originally Posted by Xenophon
@Pilotbob: "Is there a difference between being "wrong" and "dead wrong"? "
Sure. Dead wrong is even wronger than simply wrong.
(tortured usage above is quite deliberate)
Xenophon
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Yes, "wrong" means one is incorrect. "Dead wrong" means that one is ever so totally and completely wrong.
Trust me, the SOS distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905.
So

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Oh, and you are aware that if someone simply tapped out ...---...---...---...---...---, enough people would probably get the hint that they were in distress, even if the code was not exactly correct.