·· / ···· ·− − · / −− −·−− ··· · ·−·· ··−·
"I Hate Myself" 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 Myself" takes 101 units, about 6.1 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Hate Myself" (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 −·−−, S 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-di-dit dit di-dah-di-dit di-di-dah-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?
- 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.
- Experienced operators hear whole words as rhythms instead of counting dots and dashes, the way a reader sees words instead of letters.
