·· / ·− −− / −··· −−− ·−· · −··
"I am Bored" 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. "I am Bored" takes 79 units, about 4.7 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I am Bored" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, A is ·−, M is −−, B is −···, O is −−−, R is ·−·, E is · and D is −··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-dah dah-dah / dah-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-dah-dit dit dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, I ·· can be read as E and E · ·, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
- Morse code can be sent with anything that turns on and off: a flashlight, a ship's signal lamp, a tapping finger or a blinking eye.
