I was thinking it stood for something like "Save Our Ship".
2007-04-12 04:30:35 · 17 answers · asked by Dani 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
SOS doesn't actually stand for anything, except for our modern translations. It was originally used for Morse code interpretation and SOS in Morse code has a distinct pattern that anyone can recognize it. Now days, we have made SOS into an acronym of most commonly, save our ship/soul.
2007-04-12 04:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by jcann17 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
S.O.S. doesn't stand for anything. The 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 popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Save Our Souls," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Sailors" "Stop Other Signals" "Sink Or Swim", "Send Out Sailors" and "Save Our Skins" "Send Out Someone" . However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters—something known as a backronym.
2007-04-12 11:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Xander 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It stands for Save Our Souls
2007-04-12 13:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by chika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Save Our Souls," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Sailors" "Stop Other Signals" "Sink Or Swim", "Send Out Sailors" and "Save Our Skins" "Send Out Someone" . However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters—something known as a backronym
2007-04-12 14:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by Philippe 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a Maritime distress signal. It would be sent out in Morse
Code. It stands for SAVE OUR SHIP
2007-04-13 07:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by stormi_45 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has two meanings, 'Save our Souls' or 'Save Our Ship'.
2007-04-12 12:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes save our ship or save our souls. Titanic used S.O.S. Morse code too
2007-04-12 11:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is an international distress signal developed by Samuel Morse in 1837, meaning
Save Our Ship!!!
2007-04-12 11:40:04 · answer #8 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It stands for Save Our Souls and is used as a distress signal in morse code, mainly at sea.
2007-04-12 11:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by lix 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Its the abbreviation of Save Our Souls, when a critical situation has become desperate.
2007-04-12 12:03:41 · answer #10 · answered by Sehr_Klug 50 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋