Well, I do remember enough Morse code to say that SOS is "dit-dit-dit,
dah-dah-dah, dit-dit-dit". It's very easy to remember and recognize.
There was a universal distress signal before that (1912 - HMS Titanic was
the first ship to send an SOS) but I don't remember what it was. It was
changed to SOS for "ease of use" as we would say.
Christopher
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I highly believe SOS means save our soul.
That sites gives no reasoning behind their claim, no one just picks letters
for no reasoning.
"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way
when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."
Christopher R. Spence OCP MCSE MCP A+ RAPTOR CNA
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This Is a simple one: BTW-bye the way.
I visited www.acronymfinder.com. Here is something I wanted to share. /SOS
[not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our
Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for
anything./
I always wanted to know what SOS really meant. It is not an acronym at
all.
Cool site.
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> ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
>
> I believe there actually is a web site somewhere that keeps track of
> these acronyms.
>
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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>
>
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> Or Happy To Help ...
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> Also ... YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (this took me FOREVER to
> guess)
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> RTM - read the manual
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> Babette
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> > hope this helps
> >
> > hth
> >
> > yosi
> >
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > > ...which means it's probably going to start a great big thread
> :) I
> > > see a lot of emails with HTH on them, seemingly some sort of way
> to
> > > say "thankyou" or something... as they're always at the end of
> > > somebodies message right before they sign off their name.. I
> have
> > > pondered, and pondered as to what HTH could stand for, could
> somebody
> > > be so kind as to fill me in ? Thanks,Michael.
> >
> > --
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> > Yosi
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