[CW] Exclamation Mark

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

...-. [SN] used to be "Understood,"

73

DR

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 22:39 Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>    ...-. is an old combination for WAIT. Probably predates wireless.
>
> On 2/5/2020 3:30 PM, Bruce Prior wrote:
> > On page 45 of the April 1995 issue of _Morsum Magnificat_, I
> > suggested *di-di-di-dah-dit* for the exclamation mark. That
> > punctuation mark is used very commonly when people are texting
> > these days. (I was in Ankara, Turkey at the time, using the
> > call sign TA2ZO. I was serving at the US Embassy there.)
> > 73,
> > Bruce Prior N7RR / VA7TO
> >
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