Talk:Russian Morse code

translate?
Translations of the melodies would be interesting; are any of them funny? —Tamfang (talk) 19:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Russian Morse "melodies" are the syllables of single words and short phrases in Russian -- the sound of the initial character of every "melody" is the sound of the Morse character that is being sent. For example, the "melody" for the Russian Morse character "G" ("dah-dah-dit" in American Morse) is the Russian word " гаражи " (garages, the plural of garage). A second "melody" for the Russian "G" character is " Гагарин" ", a "melody" obviously in honor of the famed Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the very first man in space in what was to become known as the "Space Race" between the U.S.A.(abbreviation "США" pronounced "suh-shah") and Russia. The "melody" for the Morse character "K" is the common phrase used in greetings, " как дела ", meaning in English "How are things going for you?".  There are other examples -- an equivalent American "melody for the Russian Morse "C"'s "melody" ( самолет = "airplane/aircraft") might be "Say-ber-jet" (a Cold War/Korea-era USAF military jet interceptor) instead of our usual "di-di-dit" mnemonic; Russian "M" ( мама ) is obviously the universally recognized word for "mother"; the "melody" for the Russian Morse character ( Ь ) is " Я мягкий знак " = (I am a мягкий знак), cleverly (I think) using the actual name for this soundless pronunciation symbol of Russian grammar as a Morse code memorization "melody" prompt. The Russian website found here is a Russian Morse code table that lists the Russian Morse words and phrases for a set of code "melodies"; most code characters have more than one "melody". Some of the "melodies" might well be 'nonsense' words or phrases selected for their sound, rhythm, and cadence, but my knowledge of Russian is nowhere good enough to be able to point them out to you.

K. Kellogg-Smith (talk) 02:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Two letters missing
I notice that there is no code for YO nor for TVYORDI ZNAK. I suppose it is usable, but a note and an explanation should go in the text at the top of the page. 173.162.253.101 (talk) 15:13, 21 June 2014 (UTC) [West Concord Library]


 * ‹Ё› is normally written as ‹Е›, so the absence of a separate letter is not surprising; but the omission of ‹Ъ› is odd indeed. —Tamfang (talk) 18:43, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I copied the missing entry from Russian Wikipedia. —Tamfang (talk) 18:49, 21 June 2014 (UTC)