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SashaQ - happysad Started conversation May 21, 2022
Entry: Morse Code - a Method of Communication - A88047679
Author: SashaQ - happysad - U9936370
Here's a little Entry to fill a gap in the Edited Guide
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A88047679 - Morse Code - a Method of Communication
Gnomon - time to move on Posted 6 Weeks Ago
Hi Sasha
Do you think it might be good to give tables showing Morse's original code and the modern International code?
Have you heard of Bubblish? There used to be a few h2g2 Researchers who posted only in Bubblish. It took me about five years to realise that Bubblish was in fact morse code laid out in bubbles.
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SashaQ - happysad Posted 6 Weeks Ago
Hi Gnomon - thanks for reading
Good suggestion to include a table of the codes indeed I shall work on that shortly
I have encountered Bubblish, yes That's probably something to mention in the Entry, too, that 'dots' and 'dashes' can be different shapes as well as being audible, etc
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted 4 Weeks Ago
That looks great!
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Recumbentman Posted 3 Weeks Ago
I've always wondered whether there is any logic to the choice of symbols, or failing that, whether there is a helpful system of mnemonics.
In my schooldays I made up a list of mnemonics, connecting the longer symbols with their shorter components, such as NIB, FIN, PAN, JAM and so on.
NI=B .-..
F=IN ..-.
P=AN .--.
J=AM .---
Q=MA --.- so I remembered "you have to queue for Ma"
L is .-.. so I thought of "get out of it" (or "go to L")
X=NA so I thought of "aN AXe"
Can't remember what I did for C but now we have CNN...
Aso Z is MIZ
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SashaQ - happysad Posted 3 Weeks Ago
Yes, when I was adding the table to the Entry, I wondered if there were any pattern. The shortest letters make ETINAM
Good set of mnemonics - those help with learning indeed
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Bluebottle Posted 3 Weeks Ago
That's handy if you want to say 'Man me mate name Matt, am at matinée - meet team Tina et Mina at nammet time eat meat et tea?'
Quite why you would want to say that is another question.
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SashaQ - happysad Posted Last Week
Fascinating indeed that 'nammet time' can be transmitted so quickly! You may well have found the logic behind the choice of symbols
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