[Dixielandjazz] dit dit dit dah!

[Martin Nichols]

Charlie Coleman wrote:
Message: 10
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:27:57 -0500
From: "Charlie Coleman" <charliew8fim at ncool.net>
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RE:  To the HAM radio operators on 
the list
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Message-ID: <000c01c50b19$91247260$2efea8c0 at default>
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Of course we all know the FIRST time International Morse 
code was used in music.   Beethoven's 5th Symphony - the 
Victory symphony   (di-di-di-dah) (V) repeated over and over 
and which became a theme of WWII.    (and which became a 
favorite of LIDS tuning up on the air didididah   didididah   
didididay ad nauseum)       73 (best regards)  Charlie    ( 
di-dah-dah   dah-dah-dah-di-di    di-di-dah-di    di-di   
dah-dah  )   Coleman
 
This is definitely trivial but, what the heck? I was a radio intercept operator (and instructor) for many years in the Army and I am pretty sure we used to vocalize our code like this:
Dit dit dit dah, rather than as in the above.
 
I had trouble reading Charlie's version, and was wondering why until I spotted his spelling: "di di di dah."
 
See how smart I am for a trombone player?
 
Marty Nichols
Trombone In FL