··· − −−− ·−−· / ·· −
"Stop It" 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. "Stop It" takes 55 units, about 3.3 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "Stop It" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: S is ···, T is −, O is −−−, P is ·−−· and I is ··.
How do you pronounce it?
di-di-dit dah dah-dah-dah di-dah-dah-dit / di-dit dah
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, S ··· can be read as E and I · ··, which changes the message.
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.
