I guess with practice they learnt to do it naturally, like listening to speech. When we listen to someone talk, we can distinguish between syllables within a word or in separate words.
Edit: usually. I have poor hearing and I just realised that part of the problem is words blending into each other.
Outcasted_introvert t1_iucru0t wrote
Reply to comment by Target880 in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
I guess with practice they learnt to do it naturally, like listening to speech. When we listen to someone talk, we can distinguish between syllables within a word or in separate words.
Edit: usually. I have poor hearing and I just realised that part of the problem is words blending into each other.