2006-11-18 01:26:15 · 11 answers · asked by bea_jenkins 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It is Morse Code for 'Save our Ship'!
2006-11-18 03:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
opposite to accepted conception, the letters SOS propose surely not some thing and were chosen only due their ease of transmission, not because they represented "keep our deliver," "keep our souls," or the different word. it is different dot-dot-dot-sprint-sprint-sprint-dot-dot-dot trend is honestly known and straight away despatched, even through newbie prompt operators. As an account of the time reported, "the blend of letters haven't any especial importance except that they are user-friendly to sound and click out reliable and honestly examine." in short, SOS is only a (misery) 'signal,' not an acronym.
2016-11-25 02:19:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many people thought it had the meaning "save our souls" or "save our ship".
It is in fact a distress call on old morse code, and it was used in ememrgencies as adistress call cos it is easy to remember and repeat...
2006-11-18 14:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by 67ImpalaSS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOS, love it or hate it. If you wanted to eat regularly in an army mess hall you ate SOS. Creamed beef on toast doesn't taste too bad. Forget the save our ship crowd, obviously they never served. Any veteran knows it is plain and simple, " **** on a shingle".
2006-11-18 04:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by Yash 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
SOS, normally served for breakfast / lunch on Sundays, is the meal that good ole "biscuits & grave" served in a restaurant comes from.
So it is chipped beef in a white gravy over toast, and was officially named "sh!t on shingle" by all who ate it probably about the time of the Revolutionary war.
2006-11-18 02:00:10 · answer #5 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ground beef in a tomato sauce served on toast
2015-03-21 14:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Stone Face 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOS - Save Our Souls
Depicted in Morse code as ...---...
Made famous by the Titanic episode
Check the link for more details...
2006-11-18 01:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by RK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Save Our Soul!
It has several meanings including save our ship.
However it does not mean Save ********.
2006-11-18 01:27:41 · answer #8 · answered by Rawkus 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really has no meaning. It was used because it was easy to remember. Really!
2006-11-18 01:28:10 · answer #9 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sh*t on a shingle
Chipped beef on toast(-;
2006-11-18 01:27:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋