−·−− −−− ··− ·−−−−· ·−· · / ··− −−· ·−·· −·−−
"you're ugly" 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 ugly" takes 127 units, about 7.6 seconds at a speed of 20 words per minute.
Meaning: Morse code for "you're ugly" (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
Letter by letter: Y is −·−−, O is −−−, U is ··−, the apostrophe is ·−−−−·, R is ·−·, E is ·, G is −−· and L 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 / di-di-dah dah-dah-dit di-dah-di-dit dah-di-dah-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?
- The first long-distance telegraph message in the United States, sent from Washington to Baltimore on 24 May 1844, read "What hath God wrought".
- 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.
