Morse Code V.

[Andrew Dinn]

James W. Horton writes:

> but seriously, in terms of Morse code at least, the period doesn't make a 
> lot of sense.  In Morse, a period is as follows: (.-.-.-).  This  could 
> be seen as three "A"s in succession (A is .-).  VA means "out" as in "I 
> am signing off now," but VAAA doesn't mean anything at all, unless one wants 
> to really stretch the interpretation and imagine the radio operator is 
> saying testily, "I am REALLY signing off now, this time for GOOD".

Of course `A4' could also be read as `AAAA' thence `A.', a suitable
follow-up to `V.' (the Angel and the up and down parabolic A dominate
`Gravity's Rainbow' just as much as the Virgin and the down and up
yoyoing V dominate `V.')


Andrew Dinn
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