2006-08-27 12:13:16 · 10 answers · asked by Maria B 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
save our souls
2006-08-27 12:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by TDLTDL1609 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Save Our Souls
2006-08-27 19:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by barearl@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
s.o.s. means save our ship, when a ship in distress sends out a flare, that's an s.o.s. signal
2006-08-27 19:19:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
SOS is the international distress Morse code signal for ships at sea. The reason being that SOS are the simplest of the Morse code letters to transmit as follows, ... --- ...
2006-08-27 19:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe it means save our souls.
I think this is the original meaning. Even though it is plausible to think that it comes from Morse code letters ...---... I think the SOS signal for help is older than Morse code. Also, one would think that ---...--- is just as easy to transmit.
In flag code SOS is also transmitted in a very simple way.
OK, I looked in Wikipedia - it IS from Morse code...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS
2006-08-27 19:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
then person signaling S.O.S needs imediate help.
2006-08-27 19:18:21 · answer #6 · answered by miss_goodbitch 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an internationally recognized distress signal. In Morse Code it would be:
dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot or: (...---...)
H
2006-08-27 21:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
save our ship
2006-08-27 19:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by terry h 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some one special, or in some cases, some one stupid...it depends
2006-08-27 19:16:16 · answer #9 · answered by Alley 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
HELP!!!!!
2006-08-28 09:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by kev 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋