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It means Save Our Souls
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There have been many different combinations of words attributed to SOS, but it has no word meaning. The original radio distress signal was CQD. However, in Morse Code, SOS is simpler to send, is not mistaken for other signals. 3 dots, 3 dashes, 3 dots. Or ... --- ...
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoSOS is the international distress signal from back in the days when ships typically communicated using Morse Code.
Contrary to urban legend, it's not an abbreviation and doesn't "stand for" anything ("Save Our Ship/Souls" is a common claim). It was chosen because it's a short signal composed of easy-to-remember characters (in Morse: ... --- ...), so that anyone hearing it, even if they weren't proficient enough in Morse to understand a longer more complicated message, would know it was an emergency call and get someone who did understand Morse to get the details.
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∙ 14y agoWiki User
∙ 14y agoS.O.S is an acronym for Save Our Souls.
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∙ 14y agoI think SOS stand for some one special.
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SOS - "save our souls" - originally a Morse signal, internationally adopted in 1906 (1908) during the second radiotelegraphic convention. Famous for being sent when ships are in big trouble at sea...
Does SOS stand for someone special?
'SOS' is the morse code international distress signal. It doesn't actually mean anything but is simply a combination of two easily-distinguishable letters: 'S' (...) and 'O' (---).People have expressed the opinion that it stands for 'Save Our Souls', but this is myth. SOS has no meaning, it was just easy to recognise in Morse code. The term SOS means HELP!
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