·· ·−·· −·−−
"ILY", short for "I love you", in Morse code is ·· ·−·· −·−−.
The full phrase is ·· / ·−·· −−− ···− · / −·−− −−− ··−. The short form is quicker to send and is common in text messages.
Meaning: Morse code for "ILY" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: I is ··, L is ·−·· and Y is −·−−.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dit di-dah-di-dit dah-di-dah-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.
