−·−− −−− ··− / ··· − ·· −· −·−
"You Stink" 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 Stink" takes 81 units, about 4.9 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "You Stink" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, S is ···, T is −, I is ··, N is −· and K is −·−.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah / di-di-dit dah di-dit dah-dit dah-di-dah
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?
- Morse code can be sent with anything that turns on and off: a flashlight, a ship's signal lamp, a tapping finger or a blinking eye.
- Experienced operators hear whole words as rhythms instead of counting dots and dashes, the way a reader sees words instead of letters.
