·· / −− ·· ··· ··· / −·−− −−− ··−
"I Miss 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 Miss You" takes 83 units, about 5.0 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Miss You" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, M is −−, S is ···, Y is −·−−, O is −−− and U is ··−.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / dah-dah di-dit di-di-dit di-di-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?
- 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.
