Most of us have come across the acronym S-O-S. It means ‘save our souls’. It can be used in many different ways, but my first understanding of it came from my father. He taught it to me based on his experience of being a soldier during World War II. He was in a communications division that was tasked with keeping the ‘lines open’ amongst various parts of the defence forces. My favourite part of hearing about this was sitting on his lap ‘squishing’ one of his thumbs, because he only had half of its flesh left, and you could make it roll from side to side like playdough – ah, the minds of young boys with their dads.
But Dad taught me S.O.S. is the most basic of Morse code signals. If that message came in, it was an immediate life-and-death situation. And I have also had the meaning taught […]
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