·· / ·−·· ·· −·− · / −·−− −−− ··−
"I Like You" 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 Like You" takes 85 units, about 5.1 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Like You" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, L is ·−··, K is −·−, E is ·, Y is −·−−, O is −−− and U is ··−.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-dah-di-dit di-dit dah-di-dah dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, I ·· can be read as E and E · ·, which changes the message.
When do people say it?
Radio operators have their own number shorthand: 88 means "love and kisses", and 73 means "best regards".
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.
