·· / ···· ·− − · / −− −·−− / ·−·· ·· ··−· ·
"I Hate My Life" 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 Hate My Life" takes 103 units, about 6.2 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Hate My Life" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, H is ····, A is ·−, T is −, E is ·, M is −−, Y is −·−−, L is ·−·· and F is ··−·.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-di-di-dit di-dah dah dit / dah-dah dah-di-dah-dah / di-dah-di-dit di-dit di-di-dah-dit 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?
- Alfred Vail, who worked with Samuel Morse, gave the shortest signals to the most common letters. That is why E, the most frequent letter in English, is a single dot.
- In the United States, amateur radio licences stopped requiring a Morse code test in 2007, yet many operators still use it on the air.
