I Just Learned What ‘SOS’ Really Stands For, And Now I Feel Silly

Summary

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about the real meaning of the “power” symbol , as well as why we call it “cc” and “bcc” over email . Maybe it’s because I was writing about the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart recently , but I’ve begun wondering what “SOS” actually stands for, too. I’d always believed it was short for “save our souls”, but then I once thought “WiFi” stood for “wireless fidelity” – and it turns out I was wrong on that front . What does “SOS” stand for? Well, the three letters “SOS” mean what you probably think they do – they’re an international signal from Morse code (··· — —…

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