“SON” in Morse Code

The first two letters — dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash — are the exact opening of SOS. Only the final N (dash-dot) turns the world's most famous distress call into a word.

Letter by letter

Reading it: a dot (·) is one unit long, a dash (−) is three. Letters are separated by a three-unit silence — written as a space — and words by seven units, written as a slash. Want to hear it slower or flash it as light? Open it in the morse code translator.

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