−·−− −−− ··− ·−−−−· ·−· · / − ···· · / −··· · ··· −
"You're the Best" 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 the Best" takes 131 units, about 7.9 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "You're the Best" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, the apostrophe is ·−−−−·, R is ·−·, E is ·, T is −, H is ····, B is −··· and S 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-di-di-dit dit / dah-di-di-dit dit di-di-dit 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?
- Experienced operators hear whole words as rhythms instead of counting dots and dashes, the way a reader sees words instead of letters.
- Ships stopped relying on Morse code for distress calls in 1999, when the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System took over.
