Blue Swirl wrote:I think it's common knowledge that SOS doesn't stand for "save our souls", but I recently found out that ***---*** isn't Morse code for SOS. It's just a memorable and recognisable sequence. If you split it up into three groups of three, it is SOS in Morse. But it's just a coincidence.
Kow wrote:I think Swirly means that it was not intentionally SOS for those letters but for the ease and usefulness of those particular dots and dashes. The fact that it turned out to be SOS and pass into our lexicon as almost a phrase is just a happy coincidence.
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GooberTheHat wrote:Only if you do the date wrong.
Chaos ensued. Criminals had a high old time. Arrested by one force, they were rescued by the other. Rival cops tussled over possession of station houses.
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