−·−− −−− ··− / ··· −− · ·−·· ·−··
"You Smell" 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. "You Smell" takes 87 units, about 5.2 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "You Smell" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, S is ···, M is −−, E is · and L is ·−··.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah / di-di-dit dah-dah dit di-dah-di-dit di-dah-di-dit
What mistakes should you avoid?
Keep the gaps between letters. Without them, Y −·−− can be read as T and W − ·−−, 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.
