·−·· −−− ···− · / −·−− −−− ··−
"Love 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. "Love You" takes 83 units, about 5.0 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Love You" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: L is ·−··, O is −−−, V is ···−, E is ·, Y is −·−− and U is ··−.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-di-di-dah dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, L ·−·· can be read as E and D · −··, 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.
