[#電影英語] 為什麼 Roger that 的意思是收到？
大家看間諜片（Spy movies）例如 Mission Impossible 的時候，會不會想為什麼角色表示「收到」時會說 “Roger That” 這句話呢？
原來英文裡面有一種東西，叫 phonetic alphabet。二次大戰的時候，美軍英軍為了溝通順暢，必須用整個英文字代表一個字母。
例如要講A，就要講 Able；講B就要講 Baker；講C就要講 Charlie。
因為造成什麼誤會（例如搞混了N和M），結果可大可小。
而 Roger，就是代表R，代表 Received（收到）。
// The letter “R” was used as an abbreviation for “received” back in the times when messages were sent via telegraphy (in Morse code), and the practice of confirming that a transmission was received by sending an “R” back was extended to spoken radio communication at the advent of two-way radio during World War II.
The phonetic alphabet used by the British and American military during the World War II was:
Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, How, Item, Jig, King, Love, Mike, Nan, Oboe, Peter, Queen, Roger, Sugar, Tare, Uncle, Victor, William, X-ray, Yoke, Zebra
When a soldier or a radio operator said “Roger” after receiving a transmission, he was simply saying “R” for “received”. The alphabet has changed since then, but the practice of replying to a message by saying “Roger” stuck.//
Info Credit: Jakub Marian's Language learning, science art: http://bit.ly/2v4Gcnw
Image Credit: Netflix Mission Impossible: III
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