·· / ·−− ·− −· − / − −−− / −−· −−− / ···· −−− −− ·
"I Want to Go Home" 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 Want to Go Home" takes 137 units, about 8.2 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "I Want to Go Home" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, W is ·−−, A is ·−, N is −·, T is −, O is −−−, G is −−·, H is ····, M is −− and E is ·.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit / di-dah-dah di-dah dah-dit dah / dah dah-dah-dah / dah-dah-dit dah-dah-dah / di-di-di-dit dah-dah-dah dah-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?
- Ships stopped relying on Morse code for distress calls in 1999, when the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System took over.
- The code used today is International Morse Code, based on a version Friedrich Gerke made for German telegraph lines in 1848. It differs from the original American code in many letters.
