·−·· −−− ···− · / −·−− −−− ··− ·−· ··· · ·−·· ··−·
"Love Yourself" 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 Yourself" takes 129 units, about 7.7 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Love Yourself" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: L is ·−··, O is −−−, V is ···−, E is ·, Y is −·−−, U is ··−, R is ·−·, S is ··· and F 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 di-dah-dit di-di-dit dit di-dah-di-dit di-di-dah-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.
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.
