·· / ···· ·− − · / − ···· ·· ··· / −·−· ·−·· ·− ··· ···
"I Hate This Class" 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 This Class" takes 123 units, about 7.4 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Hate This Class" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, H is ····, A is ·−, T is −, E is ·, S is ···, C is −·−· and L is ·−··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-di-di-dit di-dah dah dit / dah di-di-di-dit di-dit di-di-dit / dah-di-dah-dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah di-di-dit di-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?
- In the United States, amateur radio licences stopped requiring a Morse code test in 2007, yet many operators still use it on the air.
- 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.
