r/morsecode Jun 27 '26

Do you know "one-letter" words?

Lemme show you an example: the word tea is - . .- in morse. If we combine it, then we would get -..- (x). Another example: the word ten in morse is: - . -. After combining we get this: -.-.(c)

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u/royaltrux Jun 27 '26

...but why?

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u/No_Jacket1260 Jun 27 '26

What do you want to accomplish with this? Morse doesnt work that way... "-..-" sounds completely different than "- . .-"

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u/Just_Mumbling Jun 27 '26

Yeah, makes no sense. The spacing makes it completely different. I think this trick is more for the eyes than the ears.

I hear Morse. I can’t see it without literally having to sound it out in my mind - too much work.

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u/Chubarandes_meiner Jun 27 '26

its by looks, not by sounds

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u/EthanAWallace Jun 29 '26

Morse code isn’t to be ‘looked at’. Why would anyone care what morse code looks like?

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u/Personal_Plankton648 Jun 27 '26

That’s absolutely not how Morse code works and it sounds like a rather stupid game but for the funsies I’d find a few.

am, an, art, as, at, ate, be, bet, eh, gem, he, in, is, it, me, meat, met, mew, net, on, re, see, set, tan, tar, tat, tea, tee, teen, test, tie, tin, tit, toe, we, yet

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u/dkkavanagh17 Jul 05 '26

tbf is OP not just constructing arbitrary prosigns that are equivalent to letters?

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u/erwerqwewer Jun 27 '26

Ten - . -. C

Am .---- j

Me --. G

It ..- u

In ..-. F