I know it is a form of help, but what is it?
2006-06-29 13:23:57 · 36 answers · asked by Shinyce S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Souls" and "Send Out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters- something known as a backronym. Other backronyms include Stuck On Site.
2006-06-29 13:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by ohyeahthatscrit 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
S.O.S. means Save Our Ship. It is also used as Save Our Souls. People use it as another word for HELP!!!. S.O.S. in code is: ...---.... You can use a flash light to get peoples attention and say S.O.S. by doing a short light three times, then a long light three times, then short three times again.
2006-06-29 13:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by expressjane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Ship
2006-06-29 13:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by mom2babycolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Souls or Save Our Ship
2006-06-30 01:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Save Our Ship, or Save Our Souls
2006-06-29 13:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Court 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Ship (sometimes Save Our Souls)
2006-06-29 13:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by Jill&Justin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Souls--it was first used, of all times, on the Titanic. It had just been adopted as the official emeergency distress call, so some say the reason they didn't get help sooner was because the telegraph operators didn't recognize the signal.
2006-06-30 07:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Ship!
2006-06-29 13:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by lulu65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save our Ship
Survivors on Ship
Save our Souls
Send out Sailors
2006-06-29 13:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by My Avatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally save our ship, as it is a distress call, but I heard that it was originally created from Morse code ... --- ... was used as a distress signal, and since it matches up with the letters SOS the other phrases were made up for it.
2006-06-29 13:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋