·· / ·−·· −−− ···− · / −·−− −−− ··− / ··−· −−− ·−· · ···− · ·−·
"I Love You Forever" 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 Love You Forever" takes 163 units, about 9.8 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Love You Forever" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, L is ·−··, O is −−−, V is ···−, E is ·, Y is −·−−, U is ··−, F is ··−· and R is ·−·.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dah dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah / di-di-dah-dit dah-dah-dah di-dah-dit dit di-di-di-dah dit 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.
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?
- 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.
