Roger (Wilco/and out)

[Wilson Gray]

Does anyone besides me remember the 'Fortiess comic-strip character,
"Roger Wilco," who was a sort of poor man's "Smilin' Jack"?

-Wilson

On 7/14/07, Laurence Urdang <urdang at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> This is from today's [London] Daily Telegraph.
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>   Roger is out and wilco will not do   By Richard Savill
>   Last Updated: 2:05am BST 14/07/2007
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>             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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