Well i'm bored with life so heres something to add to that tiny brain of yours... Well you've heard of the word S.O.S probably like a zillion times but ever wondered what it meant, or where it came from..? Well i just did and so here it is the answer to this little acronym...
SOS is the commonly used desciption for the international morse code signal. Its a distress signal if you don't already know, which was first adopted by the Germans. "Wireless Telegraphy".. looks like wireless technology was already in effect back then.. : ]
From the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dots/three-dashes/three-dots, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dots form the letter S, and three dashes make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dots and dashes.
In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as
-Save Our Ship
-Save Our Souls,
-Survivors On Ship
-Save Our Sailors
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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