·−−− ·− −− · ···
"James" in Morse code is ·−−− ·− −− · ···.
Leave a short gap between letters. In writing, the letters are separated by a space. 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. "James" takes 43 units, about 2.6 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "James" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: J is ·−−−, A is ·−, M is −−, E is · and S is ···.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dah-dah-dah di-dah dah-dah dit di-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, J ·−−− can be read as E and O · −−−, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- 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.
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
