“HI” in Morse Code

In Morse culture HI HI (···· ·· ···· ··) is laughter — the telegraph’s original LOL, chosen because its sound pattern resembles chuckling on a sounder. Sending a single HI is a greeting; doubling it is a joke.

Letter by letter

To key it right, hold every dash three times as long as a dot. Leave a short three-unit breath between letters; the slash is the long, seven-unit pause between words. Want to hear it slower or flash it as light? Open it in the morse code translator.

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