Where did the term "Roger" come from?

[MAXD1]

In the context of agreement, such as, "Roger that."

 

[penyak]

Excerpt from an online etymology dictionary (etymonline.com)

The use of the word in radio communication to mean "yes, I understand" is attested from 1941, from the U.S. military phonetic alphabet word for the letter -R-, in this case an abbreviation for "received." Said to have been used by the R.A.F. since 1938.

The military no longer uses Roger to mean 'R', it now uses Romeo

 

[RogerM]

Not me.

 

[justanothermachine]

your google skills are weak young grasshopper

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[olgreybuzzard]

Early wireless transmit and receive communications were unclear and subject to atmospheric distortions, so clear diction was imperative. Words were pronounced to end in -er for clarity, as in oner, twoer, three-er etc. Roger was a common name then which ended in -er and was adopted to mean "Received and understood".