2006-09-08 00:00:13 · 10 answers · asked by steviebrokethechair 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes, I know it's military but I mean why do they use Roger and not Phil, for example?
2006-09-08 00:13:55 · update #1
To spell things out clearly over two-way radio "phonetic" alphabets using words that do not rhyme beginning with each letter are used. In the "Able, Baker...." alphabet that preceded the current "Alpha, Bravo..." one, R for received was Roger. On a bad radio link it is good to confirm receipt of each message. The usage has just leaked into general conversation meaning "Got that!"
2006-09-08 00:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the term roger ( ie roger and out )comes from the phonetic alphabet although it is never used in conversation over the airwaves, pilots used the word roger in place of the word for
right! you could not say the word right because it could be mistook for a number of other words that rhyme with it and could cause all sorts of problems, its a bit similar when you are counting down to set off explosives you very rarely say the word five because in certain circumstances it sounds like fire, a few people have found this out to their cost and the big bang goes off seconds before it should
2006-09-08 00:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by mentor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is because in Morse code, transmissions are kept short by specific meanings for short codes.
R is the single letter code meaning "Will Do".
Since the word "Roger" was originally used to represent the letter R (incidentally, now replaced in the NATO code by "Romeo"), it was quite usual to say "Roger" to inform the other party in the conversation, that you were going to conform with his suggestion. It seems that this is still used, despite the adoption of Romeo!
2006-09-09 10:01:46 · answer #3 · answered by Rolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
military radios are hard to hear on, so they use "roger that" to mean i understand u, also use 10-4. Not sure where the term origanally came from, but thats how its used
2006-09-08 00:07:10 · answer #4 · answered by thunder31634 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't actually know this question but i think the phase "Roger that" comes from old pilots talking on the 2 way radio's and when they are saying "OK mate" they actually saying "Roger that" over and out.
2006-09-10 21:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its definately Military, almost certainly American in origin, although it is probably more used to acknowledge a command or instruction, or to signify agreement
"roger" is used in radio communications to indicate acknowledgement of the message
"roger that" is probably more used outside radio comms.
2006-09-08 00:10:53 · answer #6 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably had somethin to do with a bloke called roger...
2006-09-08 00:04:42 · answer #7 · answered by officegirluk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
military
2006-09-08 00:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probally the usa
2006-09-09 22:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by melas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wilco, over and out.
2006-09-08 00:02:43 · answer #10 · answered by Fightingpit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋