2006-07-16 18:55:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
i know wat it means but i want 2 know wat it stands 4
2006-07-16 19:05:15 · update #1
it stands for save our souls .it's an emergency help sign usually from ships in distress and /or people stranded on an island
2006-07-16 18:59:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal. This distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard when it was included in the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on July 1, 1908.
From the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dits/three-dahs/three-dits, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dits form the letter S, and three dahs make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dits and dahs. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to show that there are no internal spaces when it is sent is to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. \overline{\mbox{SOS}}.)
In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Survivors On Ship," "Suck Our Sacks" 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. In reality, it has no meaning.
2006-07-17 01:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Ship
Survivors On Ship
Suck Our Sacks
Send Out Sailors
2006-07-17 01:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Ship
or
Save Our Souls
2006-07-17 01:58:14 · answer #4 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Souls
2006-07-17 01:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by 1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some One Sucks.
2006-07-17 01:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by goldieluxxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't stand for anything in the beginning, SOS was just very easy to transmit in Morse code (SOS is ... --- ... in Morse). "Save our ship" and so on were later inventions.
Ok, Wackypedia has pretty much the same story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS
2006-07-17 02:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by c0mbustible 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom used to make this gross tuna noodle crap and serve it on toast and call it "SOS", meaning **** on a shingle. But that probably would have tasted better.
2006-07-17 02:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
En englais por favor!
2006-07-17 01:57:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sacrifice Our Souls, Lol IDK I Was wondering The Same Thing I think It Means Help, but IDK What Is Stands For, Sorry, by the way i chose u for best answer for two of my questions last night they were music questions
2006-07-17 02:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋