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On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:33:13 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-09-25 06:26, lar3ryca wrote:
>> On 2025-09-24 15:23, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-24 05:54, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>> On 2025-09-23 17:08, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-09-24 00:34, lar3ryca wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-09-23 14:00, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>>>> On 23/09/2025 05:06, rbowman wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:17:47 +0100, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Straying from the subject, I’m sure Iceland would take anyone
>>>>>>>>> off a cruise ship with good Icelandic and a plausible facial
>>>>>>>>> bone structure if that person asserted his or her Icelandic
>>>>>>>>> passport had been lost or stolen.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll have to brush up on my Old Norse.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you any good at Norse Code?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ..
>>>>>> ._   _ _
>>>>>> _.   _ _ _   _
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Interestingly, automated translators fail at this.
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>> The only difference between what I posted and the output from these
>>>> three sites are the '/' to delineate words, where I uses a newline.
>>>>
>>>>> https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html
>>>>
>>>>> https://morsecodetranslator.com/
>>>>> https://dnschecker.org/morse-code-translator.php
>>>>
>>>> All three of them correctly translated "I am not".
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Letters to morse, yes. The reverse, none. If it works for you, I'd
>>> like to see a photo, so that I learn how to do it.
>> 
>> Copy and paste the morse code below into
>> https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html
>> 
>> --. --- --- -.. / . -. --- ..- --. .... ..--..
>> 
>> It translates to "GOOD ENOUGH?"
> 
> Yes, this one works. But this:
> 
> ..
> ._   _ _
> _.   _ _ _   _
> 
> does not. I get:
> 
> IATTNTTTT
> 
> Notice that it has no dashes, but underlines.

At least by the time I see it it's _ _ _  with spaces and not ___ with no 
space. .., _., and ._  do not have spaces between the characters.