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Yesterday, I intercepted a message encoded in Morse code, but, because I was extremely tired, decided to wait until today to decode it to plain text. However, when I looked at the piece of paper I had written it on, I could not make heads nor tail of what I had written.



I know that the square is a dot, the dash is a dash, and the slash is the break character (used both between characters and between words).



For instance, look at the first two characters on the second line: they are both break characters, which you would never find two of in a row - even if it's between words, there would only be one. Then, the final row has seven non-break characters in a row, whereas the longest letter or number only uses five.



The Morse code I had written down, visible in text form below.



Can you decipher the message?



.-.-.
\--.
---.
-\..
.\..--
...--
.-.--..









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    Yesterday, I intercepted a message encoded in Morse code, but, because I was extremely tired, decided to wait until today to decode it to plain text. However, when I looked at the piece of paper I had written it on, I could not make heads nor tail of what I had written.



    I know that the square is a dot, the dash is a dash, and the slash is the break character (used both between characters and between words).



    For instance, look at the first two characters on the second line: they are both break characters, which you would never find two of in a row - even if it's between words, there would only be one. Then, the final row has seven non-break characters in a row, whereas the longest letter or number only uses five.



    The Morse code I had written down, visible in text form below.



    Can you decipher the message?



    .-.-.
    \--.
    ---.
    -\..
    .\..--
    ...--
    .-.--..









    share|improve this question







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      Yesterday, I intercepted a message encoded in Morse code, but, because I was extremely tired, decided to wait until today to decode it to plain text. However, when I looked at the piece of paper I had written it on, I could not make heads nor tail of what I had written.



      I know that the square is a dot, the dash is a dash, and the slash is the break character (used both between characters and between words).



      For instance, look at the first two characters on the second line: they are both break characters, which you would never find two of in a row - even if it's between words, there would only be one. Then, the final row has seven non-break characters in a row, whereas the longest letter or number only uses five.



      The Morse code I had written down, visible in text form below.



      Can you decipher the message?



      .-.-.
      \--.
      ---.
      -\..
      .\..--
      ...--
      .-.--..









      share|improve this question







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      ZanyG is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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      Yesterday, I intercepted a message encoded in Morse code, but, because I was extremely tired, decided to wait until today to decode it to plain text. However, when I looked at the piece of paper I had written it on, I could not make heads nor tail of what I had written.



      I know that the square is a dot, the dash is a dash, and the slash is the break character (used both between characters and between words).



      For instance, look at the first two characters on the second line: they are both break characters, which you would never find two of in a row - even if it's between words, there would only be one. Then, the final row has seven non-break characters in a row, whereas the longest letter or number only uses five.



      The Morse code I had written down, visible in text form below.



      Can you decipher the message?



      .-.-.
      \--.
      ---.
      -\..
      .\..--
      ...--
      .-.--..






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          Oops, looks like you




          got your notes rotated.




          So it should look like this:




          enter image description here




          Which means the message is:




          written on an angle! (in both senses)







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            Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
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            Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
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            @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
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            – user477343
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          Oops, looks like you




          got your notes rotated.




          So it should look like this:




          enter image description here




          Which means the message is:




          written on an angle! (in both senses)







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          • $begingroup$
            Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
            $endgroup$
            – M Oehm
            44 mins ago






          • 1




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            Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
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            @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
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          7












          $begingroup$

          Oops, looks like you




          got your notes rotated.




          So it should look like this:




          enter image description here




          Which means the message is:




          written on an angle! (in both senses)







          share|improve this answer









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          • $begingroup$
            Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
            $endgroup$
            – M Oehm
            44 mins ago






          • 1




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            Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
            $endgroup$
            – ZanyG
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          • $begingroup$
            @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
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          $begingroup$

          Oops, looks like you




          got your notes rotated.




          So it should look like this:




          enter image description here




          Which means the message is:




          written on an angle! (in both senses)







          share|improve this answer









          $endgroup$



          Oops, looks like you




          got your notes rotated.




          So it should look like this:




          enter image description here




          Which means the message is:




          written on an angle! (in both senses)








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            Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
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            Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
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            – ZanyG
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          • $begingroup$
            @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
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          • $begingroup$
            Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
            $endgroup$
            – M Oehm
            44 mins ago






          • 1




            $begingroup$
            Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
            $endgroup$
            – ZanyG
            44 mins ago










          • $begingroup$
            @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
            42 mins ago


















          $begingroup$
          Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
          $endgroup$
          – M Oehm
          44 mins ago




          $begingroup$
          Do we need a rot13(qvntbany-guvaxvat) tag? :)
          $endgroup$
          – M Oehm
          44 mins ago




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          Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
          $endgroup$
          – ZanyG
          44 mins ago




          $begingroup$
          Bingo! Guess it was too easy.
          $endgroup$
          – ZanyG
          44 mins ago












          $begingroup$
          @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
          $endgroup$
          – user477343
          42 mins ago






          $begingroup$
          @ZanyG Great puzzle nonetheless, and great answer Alconja! $(+1)$ to each of you :D
          $endgroup$
          – user477343
          42 mins ago












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