Why do Americans answer the phone with "Gopher"?

darcy@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 54 points –

Like for instance someone saying "Gopher John" when answering the phone. What does this mean?

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I don't think I've ever heard someone say that at the start of a phone call but it's common when communicating with two-way radios like:

"Alex for John, over"

"Go for John, over"

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I mostly heard that when working in large retail stores, usually the walkie talkies have an end-transmission sound que so we didn't actually have to say 'over' at the end