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10 points in Scrabble and rarely appear in Wheel of Fortune puzzles), have


longer codes.
Almost everyone knows a little Morse code. Three dots, three dashes,
and three dots represent SOS, the international distress signal. SOS isn’t an
abbreviation for anything—it’s simply an easy-to-remember Morse code
sequence. During the Second World War, the British Broadcasting Corpo-
ration prefaced some radio broadcasts with the beginning of Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony—BAH, BAH, BAH, BAHMMMMM—which Beethoven
didn’t know at the time he composed the music would someday be the
Morse code for V, for Victory.
One drawback of Morse code is that it doesn’t differentiate between
uppercase and lowercase letters. But in addition to representing letters,
Morse code also includes codes for numbers by using a series of five dots
and dashes:

These number codes, at least, are a little more orderly than the letter codes.
Most punctuation marks use five, six, or seven dots and dashes:

Additional codes are defined for accented letters of some European lan-
guages and as shorthand sequences for special purposes. The SOS code is
one such shorthand sequence: It’s supposed to be sent continuously with
only a one-dot pause between the three letters.
You’ll find that it’s much easier for you and your friend to send Morse
code if you have a flashlight made specially for this purpose. In addition to
the normal on-off slider switch, these flashlights also include a pushbutton
switch that you simply press and release to turn the flashlight on and off.
With some practice, you might be able to achieve a sending and receiving

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