··· ·− ···− · / −− ·
"Save Me" 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. "Save Me" takes 47 units, about 2.8 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Save Me" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: S is ···, A is ·−, V is ···−, E is · and M is −−.
How do you pronounce it?
di-di-dit di-dah di-di-di-dah dit / dah-dah dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, S ··· can be read as E and I · ··, which changes the message.
When do people say it?
SOS is sent as one unbroken signal, ···−−−···, without the usual gaps between letters. It was adopted as the distress signal in 1906 because it is easy to send and hard to mistake.
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.
