what does SOS truely mean?

Question

other than
stuck on stuipd
save our selves
save our souls

Answer 1

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 write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. SOS.

In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Souls," "Save Our Shelby," "Shoot Our Ship", "Sinking Our Ship", "Survivors On Shore","Save our skulls", "Save Our Ship", "Sink Our Ships", "Survivors On Ship", "Save Our Sailors", "Stop Other Signals", "Sink Or Swim", "Send Out Sailors", "Save Our Skins", and "Send Out Someone". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters—something known as a backronym.
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Answer 2

First thing in the morning, we're your Mum & Dad You bounce into our room, and we're six kinds of glad... We'll have some adventures, we'll do all the chores And I'll show you mine, and you'll show me yours... But then I remember my feminist principles - Still there, after all these years! 'Cos see, your Dad, he is doing his best... But he does a bit and then I do the rest. Then while I'm still catching my breath I bump into some old doubts and fears... 'Cos see, I really was doing my best - But I did a bit - and then he did the rest... And that's when you tell us we're stupid. 'How can one times zero be zero?' So then - do we stop, and consider the math? Or just insist - 'I'm your boss! He's your hero!' Shall we make time together, then use it to fight? And why *does* it matter, who's wrong, and who's right? The post is all bills. The news is all bad. We'd like some fun now, but it's not to be had. See - first thing in the morning, we're your Mum and Dad - But sometimes, by bedtime, we're Dumb - and Mad. Oh, and all those people who think you can't *own* parents, and surely slavery's been abolished... have clearly always dodged the 3am feed and nappy change. And - Nisee? we do homework on a Friday if we have school on Saturday mornings. Some do, even in this enlightened day and age. Or if we're Hermione-clones and do homework within nanoseconds of receiving it, and then go back and beg for seconds. Or if we want to get drunk for the rest of the weekend, and not be expelled Monday morning... Use it if you wish - just remember to say who wrote it. Which would be Helen Rees aka CinnamonBrandy (c) 2005 Helen

Answer 3

None of the above.
Originally created for Samuel F. B. Morse's (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1879electric telegraph in the early 1840s, Morse code was also extensively used for early radio communication beginning in the 1890s. For the first half of the twentieth century, the majority of high-speed international communication was conducted in Morse code, using telegraph lines, undersea cables, and radio circuits. However, the variable length of the Morse characters made it hard to adapt to automated circuits, so for most electronic communication it has been replaced by more machinable formats, such as Baudot code and ASCII.

S equals dot dot dot (...)
O equals dash dash dash (---)
The international distress code was adopted just before the Titanic in 1914 and was one of the codes sent that night.
3 dots, 3 dashes and 3 dots are easy to send and easy to remember. That is why it was adopted.
All the other cute little acronyms ( "save our sandwiches"Saran wrap slogan) were thought up later.

Answer 4

Save Our Selves/Souls is the correct meaning, but
Souls Obey Satisfaction,
Sum Of Sh*t ,
Stressing Out Stress,
Stars Organize Sky,
Sab Oh Sab,
Stick On Self and
Some Other Sentences could also be meant...

Answer 5

In 1908, an international committee tried to come up with a distress signal that would be easy to remember during a crisis, and could be transmitted by an amateur with only rudimentary knowledge of Morse Code. They decided a simple combination of threes: three letters, each represented by three marks, since three is a universally favored number. Well, at least in Western cultures.

In Morse Code, the only letters represented by three identical marks are O (three dashes) and S (three dots). The committee toyed with OSO, but dashes are longer electrical signals to transmit than dots. An urgent message needed to be broadcast as quickly as possible and use as little power as possible, and so SOS became international standard.

During WWII, the signal "SSS" was adopted when the source of the emergency was a submarine attack, presumably so that potential rescue ships would know there was an enemy sub in the area.

In 1917, Edwin Cox of San Francisco dipped a small square steel-wool pad into a soap solution, and let it dry, and found this product sold well to housewives. His wife referred to the pads as "S.O.S" for "Save Our Saucepans" believing (incorrectly) that the universal distress signal SOS meant "Save Our Ships." Mr Cox took on S.O.S (with the periods) as the name of his new product. The distress signal SOS has no periods in it, for obvious telegraphic reasons

Answer 6

Save Our Ship

Answer 7

Originally it didn't mean anything. It is morse code that is used for a distress signal. It is the easiest combination of letters in morse code that is able to be repeated over and over again. Three short dots, three long dashes, three short dots.

Answer 8

Thre three letters were adopted in 1912 by the Radio telegraphic Convention as the international distress signal. It Is NOT an acronym for anything.

Answer 9

nothing. it was the most recognizable sifnal for morse code 3 short. 3-long, 3 short.

People started attaching other meanings to it. For instance, SOS pads remove "stuck on scum" with stainless steel wool

Answer 10

Slimy Obstruse Sexist