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Despite being associated with phrases such as "Save Our Seamen", "Save our Ship", "Survivors On Shore" or "Save Our Souls" S O S doesn't stand for anything. These were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters (something known as a backronym) It is a distress signal used on both land and sea . It stands for Save Our Soles.

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