·− ·−· · / −·−− −−− ··− / −−− −·− ··−−··
"Are You OK?" in Morse code is ·− ·−· · / −·−− −−− ··− / −−− −·− ··−−··.
Leave a short gap between letters and a longer gap between words. In writing, letters are separated by a space and words by a slash. At standard timing a dot lasts one unit, a dash three units, the gap inside a letter one unit, the gap between letters three units and the gap between words seven. "Are You OK?" takes 111 units, about 6.7 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Are You OK?" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: A is ·−, R is ·−·, E is ·, Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, K is −·− and the question mark is ··−−··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dah di-dah-dit dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah / dah-dah-dah dah-di-dah di-di-dah-dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, A ·− can be read as E and T · −, which changes the message.
When do people say it?
Operators shorten common replies: R means "received", TU means "thank you" and FB means "fine business", or "great".
Did you know?
- The @ sign was the first character added to International Morse Code in decades. It became official in 2004 as ·−−·−·, the letters A and C run together.
- In 1966 the American prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code with his eyes during a filmed interview.
