QuickCheck: Is it true that SOS means Save Our Souls?

By BERNARD CHEAH

True Or Not
Wednesday, 28 Sep 2022
8:32 AM MYT

A US Army Signal Corps radio operator in 1943 in New Guinea tapping out a message on a telegraph key to be transmitted via radio. - Public Domain

WHEN someone sends out an SOS, it means that one is sending out a distress signal.

But does SOS stand for Save Our Soul(s)?

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