Roger (Wilco/and out)

[Laurence Urdang]

This is from today's [London] Daily Telegraph.
  L. Urdang

  Roger is out and wilco will not do   By Richard Savill
  Last Updated: 2:05am BST 14/07/2007





            The radio phrase "roger and out", used by generations of policemen when signing off, is among terminology to be abandoned in favour of a new constabulary lexicon.
  The National Policing Improvement Agency is to give officers 28 words or phrases, known as "Airwavespeak", they should use to create more "consistency" on the radio. "Wilco" is also to be dropped.
  "Roger and out" is being replaced by "acknowledged" or "received", while "will do" is now the phrase for "wilco".

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