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What is wrong with "Roger" and "Wilco"? These are shorter. And remind me of the voice chat program Roger Wilco too.
by freitasm 2y ago
What is wrong with "Roger" and "Wilco"?
These are shorter. And remind me of the voice chat program Roger Wilco too.
- OJFord 2y agoWell 'ack' is even shorter, and the common form of 'ACKNOWLEDGED' for such use. I've seen & used both ack & wilco in a technical/software chat context.
- tczMUFlmoNk 2y agoI use this, though I find that many folks, including many technical folks, interpret it as an exclamation of distaste (as in, "agh! ach! ack!"), so it may pay to be judicious.
- OJFord 2y agoOh interesting, I have come across that, but only one person (both uses it like that and misinterpreted it when we worked with people that ack'd, which of course I saw coming & could explain since I was accustomed to his use) - didn't realise that was common too. (I would use agh/argh/ugh for that personally, depending on precise feeling(!))
- fwip 2y agoCathy (from newspaper funny pages) would frequently use "ACK!" as an exclamation of distress/frustration.
- EvanAnderson 2y agoThis must be why my wife asks if I'm okay (or if I saw a spider, etc) when I reply to her text messages with "ACK".
- TeMPOraL 2y agoNothing. "Make it so." isn't "I'll make it so" (aka. wilco) - it's "you make it so". "I agree with your idea, so you go make it happen".
- Gormo 2y agoOr space janitors.