−· · ·−· −··
"Nerd" 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. "Nerd" takes 29 units, about 1.7 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Nerd" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: N is −·, E is ·, R is ·−· and D is −··.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-dit dit di-dah-dit dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, N −· can be read as T and E − ·, 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".
