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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
      
   AK>  Morse's code consists of letters, digits and punctuation   
   AK>  marks. But punctuation marks are rather exotic Morse   
   AK>  codes and many people don't use them. For instance, when   
   AK>  I lived in the USSR, I could receive a telegram that   
   AK>  looked like this:   
      
   AK>  Great wishes for birthday ZPT hope you are well ZPT see   
   AK>  you soon TCHK   
      
   AK>  ZPT and TCHK are Russian abbreviation (written in Latin   
   AK>  letters here) for a comma and full stop. Did you have in   
   AK>  old times something similar when a postman brought you   
   AK>  (paper) telegrams?   
      
   AK>  I think it is not necessary to remind you that a paper   
   AK>  telegram is a postcard with telegram lines glued on it.   
      
      
             I haven't seen a telegram for many years, but IIRC they were typed   
   in capital letters by somebody in the telegraph office & delivered in an   
   envelope. The word "stop" was used to indicate the full stop at the end of a   
   sentence and there was an extra charge for sending more than ten words.   
      
      
             I'd expect to see something like this:   
      
                  BEST WISHES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY STOP SEE YOU SOON STOP   
      
                  ARRIVING VIA EDMONTON FRIDAY DECEMBER 23 AT CN STATION STOP   
      
                  THE KING IS DEAD STOP LONG LIVE THE QUEEN STOP   
      
   In other countries &/or other languages there may have been some variations.    
   I imagine a lot may have depended on the content as well.  When the idea could   
   be reduced to short, simple sentences "stop" usually met most people's needs.    
   :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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