−·−− −−− ··− ·−−−−· ·−· · / −·· ··− −− −···
"You're Dumb" 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're Dumb" takes 119 units, about 7.1 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "You're Dumb" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, the apostrophe is ·−−−−·, R is ·−·, E is ·, D is −··, M is −− and B is −···.
How do you pronounce it?
dah-di-dah-dah dah-dah-dah di-di-dah di-dah-dah-dah-dah-dit di-dah-dit dit / dah-di-dit di-di-dah dah-dah dah-di-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 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.
