Editing Morse code (section)

=== Mnemonics ===
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[[File:Morse Code Mnemonic chart from Girl Guides handbook 1916.jpg|thumb|right|[[Scouting|Scout]] movement founder [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell's]] mnemonic chart from 1918]]
Visual mnemonic charts have been devised over the ages. [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]] included one in the [[Girl Guides]] handbook<ref name=Baden-Powell-1938/> in 1918.

In the United Kingdom, many people learned the Morse code by means of a series of words or phrases that have the same rhythm as a Morse character. For instance, '''{{sc|Q}}''' in Morse is {{nowrap| ''dah dah di dah'' ,}} which can be memorized by the phrase "[[God Save the Queen]]", and the Morse for '''{{sc|F}}''' is {{nowrap| ''di di dah dit'' ,}} which can be memorized as "Did she like it?"{{efn|
A well-known Morse code rhythm from the Second World War period derives from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony]], the opening phrase of which was regularly played at the beginning of BBC broadcasts. The timing of the notes corresponds to the Morse for '''{{sc|V}}''', {{nowrap| ''di di di dah'' }} ({{morse|dot|dot|dot|dash}}), understood as ''"'V' for Victory"''<!-- (as well as the Roman numeral for the number five) -- inane -->.<ref name=Stanley-2000/><ref name=Studwell-1997/>
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