BillyH Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 This is pretty trivial, but curiosity has got the better of me as to what the "a a a" means on this excerpt from a war diary. It is used twice. It is an extract from a congratulatory letter received from HQ. The only thing I can come up with is that there are passages missing from the letter and the a a a could also be written as - - - Also is the very last word "ends" ? BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 Hi BillyH I believe it was used to indicate a full stop. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayessex Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 I think they are just Full stops, Maybe an aid to the typist! Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 AAA is one of many codes that were used when sending messages by semaphore or morse. It does indeed indicate a full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beselare Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 Morse code uses 'a.a.a.' to indicate a period. Perhaps the writer was taking down a morse code message and simply chose to write aaa instead placing a full stop, Bob Apologies - Gareth beat me by two minutes! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 5 February , 2016 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2016 Thanks to you all for the speedy responses. My curiosity is now satisfied! BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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