I love you in Morse code

Letter by letter

Read aloud: dot dot; dot dash dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot dash, dot; dash dot dash dash, dash dash dash, dot dot dash.

A favourite for Morse bracelets and necklaces: a round bead for each dot, a long bead for each dash, and a spacer between letters.

Tap it back

A short tap is a dot, a longer hold is a dash. Pause between letters.

How to send it

• By sound. A short beep for a dot, a beep three times as long for a dash.
• With a flashlight. Short flash, long flash. Keep the light off for the length of three dots between letters and seven between words.
• By tapping. Taps cannot be long or short, so leave a short pause after a dot and a longer one after a dash, or tap once for a dot and twice quickly for a dash.
• On a bracelet. A round bead for each dot, a long bead for each dash, and a spacer between letters. I love you needs 12 round and 12 long beads.

How long it takes

I love you is 93 timing units long. That is about 22.3 seconds at 5 words per minute, a beginner's pace, and 7.4 seconds at 15.

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