what does SOS stand for?

lol how does that apply to people in need of help?

save our souls

SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … - - - … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). This combination was established by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention at Berlin in 1906. The letters (SOS) do not refer to any words but were selected because they are easy to transmit. The use of Morse code for sending distress calls is now superseded by automated systems using satellite relay; the U.S. Coast Guard no longer monitors Morse code transmissions. The distress code by radiotelephony is MAY DAY, which corresponds to the French “m’aider.” The signal NC, not followed by a message, also has the same meaning.

From what i understand it actually doesn’t stand for anything, it is simply the international Morse code distress signal, consisting of three dots, three dashes and three dots (··· — ···)

From what i understand it actually doesn’t stand for anything, it is simply the international Morse code distress signal, consisting of three dots, three dashes and three dots (··· — ···)

I thought it meant save our souls or save our ship

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i just googled it. but okie here you go

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