Subj : morse code
To   : Daryl Stout
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Feb 08 2021 07:43:00

Hello Daryl Stout!

** On Sunday 07.02.21 - 19:38, Daryl Stout wrote to August Abolins:

 DS> ...Anyway, this drop dead
 DS> gorgeous, curvaceous female walked up to them...and sternly
 DS> admonished "You boys need to watch your language. I teach
 DS> CW at the Naval Academy across the street!!", and walked
 DS> out. They were as red as tomatoes!!

Yes.. I remember reading that story some time ago. When I was a  
kid I discovered that my first language could be used as a  
secret code when in public.  It was a lot of fun to be verbally  
rude in public without other people even know it.

 DS> I was listening to a Morse Code class, and the first word
 DS> they taught was the S word (and it wasn't "snow" <G>). But,
 DS> when you looked at the Morse Code pattern for it, then it
 DS> made perfect sense!!

SNOW =  ... .... .. _

What's so "obvious" about that?  I don't get it.

I tried Morse Code on my own, but failed to decipher the codes  
over SW radio.  Everything just seemed to go too fast.  I just  
couldn't figure out where the pauses between the letters would  
be.

For intance, something like ... _ _ _ ...
could still be ..._  _ _ ...

It's easy to depict the "pause" visually here, but when sounding  
it out, the pauses are not so obvious.
--
  ../|ug

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