·−·· · ·− ···− · / −− · / ·− ·−·· −−− −· ·
"Leave Me Alone" 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. "Leave Me Alone" takes 105 units, about 6.3 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Leave Me Alone" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: L is ·−··, E is ·, A is ·−, V is ···−, M is −−, O is −−− and N is −·.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dah-di-dit dit di-dah di-di-di-dah dit / dah-dah dit / di-dah di-dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah dah-dit dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, L ·−·· can be read as E and D · −··, which changes the message.
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.
