Pilots don't say "Roger Wilco," arggh

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[QUOTE=MsRobyn]
I understand that “roger wilco” is redundant and isn’t used in proper terminology.

However, it is common enough that a Google search for “roger wilco” in quotation marks returned 206,000 hits. So, as a term, it’s out there, and I felt that the report would be incomplete without it.

If it bothers you that much, I will inquire about changing it.

Robin
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And ‘conversate’ pulls up 173,000 hits.

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[QUOTE=Miscue]
And ‘conversate’ pulls up 173,000 hits.
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“Irregardless” pulls up 608,000.

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[QUOTE=Common Tater]
“Roger, Wilco, Over And Out” is the classic movie phrase I suppose, that nobody would ever actually say. One unit I served with, one of the maintenance test pilots’ first name was Roger, a feature that he used for the merriment of all fairly often.
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Was he ever partnered with a guy named Captain Oveur?

described in the original article, which this thread discusses.
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mroger.htm

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I was in the airport on Sunday & thought of this thread when I heard one of the gate personnel on a radio say “Roger, Wilco, & Out!” :smack:

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Also, the title of that page (as in <title>) is completely wrong.

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[QUOTE=MsRobyn]
I understand that “roger wilco” is redundant and isn’t used in proper terminology.

However, it is common enough that a Google search for “roger wilco” in quotation marks returned 206,000 hits. So, as a term, it’s out there, and I felt that the report would be incomplete without it.

If it bothers you that much, I will inquire about changing it.

Robin
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“Roger Wilco redundant” returns 11,400 hits…

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Given Johnny Depp’s latest film, did anyone else read the thread title as “Pirates don’t say ‘Roger Wilco,’ arrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh”?

I got nothin’

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[QUOTE=Cryptoderk]
Also, the title of that page (as in <title>) is completely wrong.
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I guess I’m being dense, but what’s wrong about it? The title of the page is << Why do pilots say “roger” on the radio? >> … so, why is that wrong?

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[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]
I guess I’m being dense, but what’s wrong about it? The title of the page is << Why do pilots say “roger” on the radio? >> … so, why is that wrong?
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The title in the title bar… or if you look at the source of that page:



<html>

<head>
<meta name="description" content="Straight Dope Staff Report: eeeeeeee">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="keywords" content="sdmailbag">
<title>Straight Dope Staff Report: What's the origin of the movie director's pseudonym Alan Smithee?</title>

see what I mean yet?

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Ah, thanks. OK, we’ll get 'er fixed, thanks for catching it.

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[QUOTE=balok]
“Irregardless” pulls up 608,000.
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And “loose weight” as a phrase pulls up 963,000. Augh.

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Fixed.