·−− ···· ·− − / ·− ·−· · / −·−− −−− ··− / −·· −−− ·· −· −−·
"What Are You Doing" 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. "What Are You Doing" takes 157 units, about 9.4 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "What Are You Doing" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: W is ·−−, H is ····, A is ·−, T is −, R is ·−·, E is ·, Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, D is −··, I is ··, N is −· and G is −−·.
How do you pronounce it?
di-dah-dah di-di-di-dit di-dah dah / di-dah di-dah-dit dit / dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah / dah-di-dit dah-dah-dah di-dit dah-dit dah-dah-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, W ·−− can be read as E and M · −−, which changes the message.
Did you know?
- The code used today is International Morse Code, based on a version Friedrich Gerke made for German telegraph lines in 1848. It differs from the original American code in many letters.
- Alfred Vail, who worked with Samuel Morse, gave the shortest signals to the most common letters. That is why E, the most frequent letter in English, is a single dot.
