−··· · ··· − / ··−· ·−· ·· · −· −··
"Best Friend" 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. "Best Friend" takes 81 units, about 4.9 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Best Friend" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: B is −···, E is ·, S is ···, T is −, F is ··−·, R is ·−·, I is ··, N is −· and D is −··.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-di-dit dit di-di-dit dah / di-di-dah-dit di-dah-dit di-dit dit dah-dit dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, B −··· can be read as T and S − ···, which changes the message.
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.
