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Why do we say Roger on the radio?
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Posted on May 12, 2008 · Filed Under Lessons
Why do we say Roger on the radio?
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Every time I see the word “answer” I click on it to see if you have investigated this weird, peculiar spelling. I’ve searched your website to no answer. Please what is with this strange word “answer”?
Thank you so much, this word has bothered me for a very long time; forty years. Ross
Wilco means I have recieved your transmission and I will comply. I noticed you also made an error, you dont actually say over and out, it is like saying go ahead and then goodbye. I also have a picture of me with a snake and it is going for mucho bucks on facebook in owned. I also have a picture of the spider that bit me while I was down in Peru.
You also never say the word repeat if you want someone to reply, does anyone besides me know the reason why?????????????
The term “REPEAT” is used as a “Method of Control” in artillery fire missions. A Forward Observer uses the word REPEAT when he wants the firing battery to fire the same number and type of rounds as fired in the previous adjustment or volley.
hey Marina
or sad 
please respond to this cause i’m starting to get confuses with to emotions, mad
Why does nuts mean crazy
? 
P.S i’m getting mad
shit i spelt the wrong two
Marina,
OVER : Core meaning-a gramatical word used to indicate a position directly above something either resting on the top of something or above the upper surface of something with a space in between
more then, accross interrvenning space, so as to fall, again, affecting, curing, recovered from, in preference to, finished, indicating somebody’s turn to speak, shot, score above a perticular number in a wager, pass above, carry agenda item forward
WILKO: term in radio comunication used to indicate that you understand what has just been said in a radio message and will do what is necessary
Charlie: a core word for the letter C
Greg
Hello Marina
“Over” means - literally - over to you
“wilco” is an abbreviated form of “will comply” (WILl COmply)
“charlie” on the radio can mean a couple of things (not “the enemy”!!)
- it is the phonetic alphabet word for the letter ‘C’, or
- it is used to indicate “Correct”. In long distance radio communications, saying “Charlie charlie” is a lot easier to understand than “affirmative” or “affirm”
Love the videos!
yea….. what he said
hi,marina i’m wondering what is the origin of the word ‘hamburger’?
My word request is “spruce”!
So I got side tracked trying to read through the thread… Can someone help me cheet and just post the roger, wilco, and… whatever the third thing was?
I forgot what the last thing was….
Poor Will….
WASNT LISTNING JUST WACHING.THAT WAS HOT
What do you get when you cross the Atlantic Ocean with the Titanic?
Halfway.
over- my statement has ended
wilco- i have heard your statement and will carry it out
charlie- term for the enemy or the letter c
God, everyone knows this one, and there was me thinking i was special
This is a pretty random question but… do you like wolves
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hey marina loved this video it was great.
! 
over means finished speaking, wilco means i’ll co-operate and charlie either stands for the letter C, or the enemy
Ohh yea could you reaserch the word nuts for me?
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Beacause it confuses me how that came to mean crazy
Hope to hear from you soon ToungeTwister
Over = over to you
WilCo = Will Comply
Charlie = C
Dude thats what i said
.
LOL only joking you said it befor me anyway
Gotta be quick!
yea, tell me about it
(ToungeTwister was originally called fynne saunders
! 
Hola Marina
I’ve got a word for you. * Zeitgeist *
I’d love to see that one. =)
ps. i’m russian too much love <3
lol
http://collect.myspace.com
sorry should have been
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=us er.viewprofile&friendID=3088327
Hey, you should do some appropriate cognates… I believe shirt and skirt come from sker-, meaning “to cut”. Is that right?
Although it may seem like a cliche’, I must admit that words like ‘Roger’, ‘Wilco’, and “Over” are not part of my vocabulary. Not only do I subscribe to the school of thought that it ain’t over ’til it’s over, but as both a passionate philophile and a dominant-type person making the most of life, calling an end to things unduly is taking the easy way out, and that only makes things worse, leading to a life less fulfilled. Calling it quits means you embarked on a venture you were unable to complete due to lack of intelligence, will, or talent. Either get in it to win it, or don’t get in it at all. Taking the easy way out, taking the convenient path, seems simple, but it is not… the price you pay ultimately is higher than the price you’d pay if you just took the difficult path and the hard choices when they are placed in front of you.
Myself, I do not quit… I endure. I do not declare ‘Uncle’, ‘Roger’, or ‘Wilco’… let the other guy do such, but it won’t be me. The logic is simple: The first step towards losing is thinking you’ll quit, while the first step to winning is knowing you won’t quit. To the victor go the spoils… the rest can wallow in their own self-defeat. Such is the price of thinking you can call an end to a situation when the facts of life are that situations resolve themselves, and thinking you have the power to end what you can’t end is simply a vanity and nothing more.
I’ll end my twist on this lesson with a set of lyrics from a song called ‘White Flag’ by the singer Dido. It sums up my point perfectly. Thank you for another interesting lesson, Ms. Marina ‘HotForWords’ Orlova. I hope your friend Anna was able to land her biplane… and I assume she was flying a biplane since she was definitely bissextile. And, even if she did crash, she went out after being rogered by your sexy self, which can’t be a bad thing. What a way to go actually. : ) Peace, Errin
“White Flag”
I know you think that I shouldn’t still love you,
Or tell you that.
But if I didn’t say it, well I’d still have felt it
where’s the sense in that?
I promise I’m not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were
I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can’t talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of “it’s over”
then I’m sure that that makes sense
I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I’m sure we will
All that was there
Will be there still
I’ll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I’ve moved on….
I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be
You know, I just had to follow up the Dido lyrics with some Devo lyrics, the song being ‘Whip It’. Basically, if you don’t get on top of a situation, a situation gets on top of you. I’ll let the lyrics explain the rest…
“Whip It”
Crack that whip
Give the past the slip
Step on a crack
Break your momma’s back
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When somethings going wrong
You must whip it
Now whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight
Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it Its not too late
To whip it Whip it good
When a good time turns around
You must whip it
You will never live it down
Unless you whip it
No one gets away
Until they whip it
I say whip it
Whip it good
I say whip it
Whip it good
Crack that whip
Give the past the slip
Step on a crack
Break your momma’s back
When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When somethings going wrong
You must whip it
Now whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight
Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it Its not too late
To whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight
Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it Its not too late
To whip it Whip it good
It’s better to the music:-
White Flag
And, through sheer coincidence, I found a video example of what a quitter is all about. Watch as a grown man acts like a big baby over nothing. Loser is as loser does…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmpkCreWUQE
hehe
Petster - How this word is gonna work. Is it associated with pets????
girl you better get dave out of port.
Hey Marina, I was watching the news and they kept using the term “good Samaritan” and I couldn’t help but think that this was the perfect phrase for you to research. If you could, that would be awesome!
Thanks
~Rocknroll_drummer
Gee Marina, I guess this means you’ll be moving up the echelon now.
Another word request……marzipan…….Thank you eversomuch
Just wanted to say that I was very disappointed about your appearance and manner of dress on the radio show Marina. Knowing how many admirers tune in I thought you would at least make a bettor effort for your listeners.
In fact you looked more like the front of a tranny .
Does this translate ? tranny = transistor radio or drag queen
Now you are going to tell me that the radio show I can’t get in the UK is a TV programme with vision just called Radio Show right ?
oops size 14 boot … ground swallow me up please.
Maia Marina, Dearest fo all my Teachers
I have a word request……..Yurodivy ……… Thank you eversomuch!
She’s a divvy ? Hey buddy I know what you are asking really but a divvy is another name for a retard in the UK !
The celestial one (heavenly body ) Watches over all and understands all will get your drift (comprehend)
Alternative meaning a UK supermarket gave stocks and shares to it;s customers. This was called a divvy (slang for dividend) so they open in most European countries is that a EuroDivvy
gotcha 2hotforwordsfanclub
That’s pathetic ! Who wants to fire the first shot ?
No we’ve gotta love him he likes Marina after all.
Who wants to throw the first stone…
that reminds me some hooligans hit my greenhouse yesterday
Sorry stokesjrj I didn’t mean you are pathetic I meant the loser 2HFFWFC who hasn’t had a celestial apparition from the heavens yet .
gee guys it’s a Russian word.
Hey non cordless mouse
13th thats my lucky number.
What do you want loser 2HFFWFC
When you go to the toilet doesn’t the shit stick to your fur ?
No why ?
Cos if i ever cat-ch you i will use you as toilet paper
Hey I put ‘Yikes someone said cat.’ in the wrong reply box. Bugger someone will be getting Deja Vu .
Yikes someone said cat.
How do you do that? err walk through those boxes like that.
Spooky isn’t it I’m a free spirit. I can walk through walls as well.
How do we pay for your video Marina ?
Will you accept credit cards ?
The credit card companies won’t issue them to hamsters.
Have you investigated accepting Paypal ?
safe simple and secure …and they take credit cards also.
You need an ebay account I think but just don’t use it.
You can send to your bank when ever you want.
I can ring ebay for more details I have the number as I am a powerseller.
Is that like alimony or palamony?
scues me palimony?
Don’t call me pal. You hardly know me.
I still say Zdrasfystia to greet you , now at long last I can say priviet YIPPEEEEEEE
OMG I have been waiting for a voice from the heavens and it has happened
2hotforwordfanclub did you see that ?
LOSER ! That’s £10 you owe me
I love you Marina ! xx
PS Marina …….to ‘do’ is the slang verb for f*** UK be careful. I bought my daughter ‘Fluffy’ a t shirt saying ’sorry I don’t do mingers’ (disgusting person.
Hey Miss that dirty little non anecdotal rat is teasing me. (he says in a Humphey Bogart voice)
Anyone out there got a pussy to scare him off ?
Are you all single or can I borrow your wife for a mo someone
opps now i got you both
Here pussy pussy pussy!!!
the list just keeps getting longer and longer
Who are you calling a pussy big ears ?
Wha… what was that in the middle of the lesson!? Yea, does anyone else see that?
Didn’t see what in the middle Marina ?
…….. Please be good enough to provide freeze frame time old boy.
I know you have a big screen so you may see it better, but are you talking tonsils @ 1:43? or background stuff?? Did you post as chuckisgreat??? Congrat’s, by the way to charles. Possibly the great set of teeh @1:39 are you a dentist???? let me know what you see I have one monitor that has pretty good res. (but its not this one) I’ll check it out.
I never post as someone else. That is called a sock puppet and it can cause a great deal of confusion and conflict.
yeah, I noticed that, too. made me kinda stop short for a moment right there.
What exactly?…. or are you yanking my chain?
This came from one of my subs… thought you’d understand.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=az6ILKfPHSU
look harder.
oh yeah, and thanks for the link!
what?
in the background.
At what time in the video? 1:43? I am missing it.
don’t be looking at her boobs. it’s there.
Ah 1.43 Mummy is it lunchtime ?
I think it may be an optical ilyushin left on the bureau by design to confuse the Germans.
Bob
Who the hell looks at the background, anyway?
Sock puppet eh. learn something every day. I can see that would cause cofusion & conflict, that being said, sock puppet may be some peoples only comfort & consolation. I changed the res. on my screen & I watched harder but I feel I’m messing with the view count on the vid. Marina will brag about number of views, but half were by BillyB …great.
I’d love to know the origin of the word Mythology and what separates it from Theology.
Mythology is someone else’s theology.
Rationality
Does pros. sound bitter sometimes? is he hurting? hope he’ll be OK
Hi Marina,
Could you please tell me the word origin for vampire? thanks keep up the lessons I am learning so much
What you are leaning against ? Ooops sorry you said learning
IMHO, Vampires really suck.
Three vampires walk into a bar and sit down at a table.
The waitress comes over and asks the first vampire what he would like. The first vampire responds, “I vould like some blood.”
The waitress turns to the second vampire and asks what he would like. The vampire responds, “I vould like some blood.”
The waitress turns to the third vampire and asks what he would like. The vampire responds, “I vould like some plasma.”
The waitress looks up and says, “Let me see if I have this order correct. You want two bloods and a blood light?”
Don’t give up the day job
prospero811, I thought your “blood light” joke was bloody brilliant!
Where did the word Blues as related to a form of music originate.
dushamoya (soulmate)
No i prefer blues mate
fags
if you dont mind looking this up for me beautiful. but i would like to know why when speaking over a radio, why we say number so wierd. for example three over the radio is to be pronounced tree. four-fower, five- fife and nine- niner. ever since ive joined the military ive wondered why we have to say them differently.
Hey sirscratchalot05, it is all about clarity on the radio. What you hear in your headset is attenuated by static and other interference, which can make it hard to discern words and numbers clearly. The ‘exaggerated’ way of saying numbers helps to make them sound more distinct when communicating on the radio. It also helps to overcome differences in pronunciation because of foreign accents. Accuracy in communication is critical in the miltary, aviation etc where this sort of speech is used.
you are awesome. i want to know the origin of yari yara, bla bla bla, may be this is obvious in english but my first lenguage is spanish…
Hi Marina,
How about the words “execute” or “skallywag” or “crony”.
I can think of a skallywag or two I’d like to execute!
marina,when is the next lesson?
As long as we are on the subject of the military….lol….how about the word………………integrity???
Reminds me of my ole Army days!! Only we didn’t wear uniforms like that………..lol
Wilco is short for “Will comply” Over means “Over to you” and Charlie is street name for a drug
x for teacher x
hello marina…i posted before where and did the seven days of the week originate and calender.
Dear teacher
Interesting lesson as usual.
Thank you
Amicalement
Don Felipe Gonzales le laconique
Hi Marina -
I found you on O’Reilly and love your personality…
Plus, you are easy on the eyes, too
Please tell me when, where and how the word “egghead” originated!
Thank You in Advance,
Paul Nemo xoxox
My dog, Fletcher, requests “Collie”.
I love this site and love you too! My word is fetish! Thank You
Hey Marina that was a awesome lesson I was actually wondering if you could look up two words
Awesome where does it come from
alos the word Coking the stuff you use to hold things up how should it be pronounced Cok or Cawlk
lardcorex , you misspelled it . You mean “caulk”.
Howdy Marina
Word:Democracy
I just wrote this:
Democracy is the system of rule by the people. It is derived by from the Greek δημοκρατία ([demokratia]), “popular government” which was coined from δήμος (dēmos), “people” and κράτος (kratos), “rule, strength” in the middle of the 5th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
gawd, i am so-o-o-o wikid!!!
I think you BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL?
But why do you only burn it at midnight?
“Roger Roger”
Word request: Echo
What was that again? What was that again? What was..
Oh, nice word request! I echo that request.
related request: ping
ping: The echo sound a SONAR makes when it returns from a target?
Became synonymous with echo?
Just a thought.
Are we in an echo chamber? Or some other echolocation? I think I feel an echovirus coming on…
salutations Marina,
i was wondering if you would research the word ‘caboose’ in reference to the last car on a train. also, the word ‘bung’ meaning the hole in a keg and finally, why do we say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes?
thanks in advance
ps. if by some miracle you investigate any of my queries, would you mind saying my name in your mother tongue? cheers
Why is it never “father tongue?”
Well, I don’t know if the Germans have the idiom, “father tongue”, but they certainly do think of their country as the “father land”. I bet some language somewhere certainly does have “father tongue”.
the germans have “mother tongue”. “mother language”, actually.
I think in russian it’s “родной язык”, with “язык” being of masculine gender.
I was wondering why the British use the word “Bloody” in front of some words like, “That is bloody brilliant!” and where it came from. Hope you can help. Thanks
You’re bloody welcome!
10-4 ova and out.
LOL…..CAP413…..ooooohhhhh I get it now
Do you? Are you sure?
CAP413
Just catchin’ up….at this rate I’ll never be TP
Teacher… Where did the phrase “Tooth and Nail” originate from?
I like this request. I hope Marina investigates!
Wilco is short for Will Comply, as in ‘please turn to a heading of 36′
Your answer would be ‘Will Comply’ or wilco.
marina,a few more words….monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday
when when were they first used? actualy…the word “calendar?
on the simpsons tv show they have a 13th month… smarch …lol
Hey, Eric
Congratulations on the promotion.
promotion?for what?
Sorry,
Thought you were another Eric - Prospero811
I breifly thought the same thing.
How silly of you, sounds like you were giving Eric a nudge. “wink wink”
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDFGa0juCM&feature= related
are you insinuating something?
He is not as good looking as me.
Live long and prosper, O 811!
Anyway, welcome to the madhouse.
)
As you see this pack has one queen and 68,238,547 odd Jokers. (and I mean ODD.
marina my dear,what is the origin of “dumbwaiter and dumbell” did they originate from the same origin?
Has anyone suggested the word “Bikini”?
I know it is an island but how did it become a name for the swimming apparel?
I brought you another apple teacher,
Your infatuated pupil, dbqbuddha
Yes, it’s been suggested numerous times. But it should be a fun subject
Marina, can you give the word origin of “bikini,” please?
Yes, and we must see you wearing your skimpy yellow bikini top again. Or the shinny blue one.
btw I still hate that color
Marina is like a spoon full of sugar that makes the medicine go down in the most delightful way.
are bikini’s bisexual? what’s that make a monokini?…
where the flip did onan go?…
Yeah, either a “bikini” video, or a “teddy” video!!
The teddy video is not about teddybears, it’s just a video with Marina in a “teddy”.
Maybe it’s an excuse for Marina to go on a vacation?
Much like the Naked video, I suspect she’d actually go to the Bikini Atoll and maintain her normal attire.
Marina doesn’t need to go to Bikini atoll, she radiates enough beauty and charm already.
I hope brown-nosing helps to queue-jump in the pet-of-the-day queue or I’ve wasted a lot of sucking up here.
I suggest Marina wear an itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bikini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTmsLG6OfBM&feature =related
Where did onan go? He was in the garden planting flowers, and accidentally spilled his seed.
An apple for the teacher is so old school. Why not a 1000 shares In Apple Computer Inc?
You’re all a bunch of apple polishers.
My Adam’s apple just had a core breach!
[word request]
The words sun and son, relating to religion. Jesus is said by the bible to be the “son” of god. Not only do many say that Christianity is a disguised form of sun worship, but the words are the same. Can you find any significance to this “coincidence” in english and maybe other languages like hebrew?
that was different!
a whole bunch of comments
dissappeared! Then they
reappearred! scared me…
(thought I was banned!)
oh i seee the pattern…
must be a copywrite issue
my bad …
Why are you replying to yourself Mellika are you going mad me old China
Same thing happened to me. I guess its the website leaping into other universes.
Another great vid Marina. Thanks
Nick
Or Here?
Ajax is a web develop technology where you can use controls no needing any refresh and these controls allows the user to interactive with the page in real time Marina, Maybe your Web developer is using ASP technology or as you said JSP technology which includes Java Script
Where can you down load this technology?
Reply here?
Faster refresh, but didn’t show on recent comments column
warp speed now Cool , I’m stll late for work though. Hitting warp drive myself now. (my inbox will be full)
So which way do you all want the comments to be.. ajax (no refresh of page and therefore faster) or no ajax and most recent comments YOU make show up in the widget…
humm a catch 22. I see its the other weblinks that is slowing things down. Gravitar seems to be the slowest to load for some reason.
Your inbox is full BillyB ? Just in case i will send a fat hamster to clear the blockage.
so why is it called “prom night” now? I don’t see the connection …
ah, never mind.
yeah. I know. that is, I figured that out. “prom night” / “prom night crash”. hm.
crap. why am I always replying to myself.
yeah. I know. that is, I figured that out. “prom night” / “prom night crash”. hm.
Q:? Why are they called “Ajax ” comments? Wasn’t Ajax a hero in Greek mythology? Or is this Geek mythology?
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