Like for instance someone saying “Gopher John” when answering the phone. What does this mean?
I’ve never heard anyone say this. Maybe we need more context?
Where did you possibly here that this is a thing that’s said?
Never heard this before.
Maybe this is related: when I did a huge remodeling construction job for a summer as an unskilled laborer, I basically ran around and helped different people on everything. That’s sometimes called being a “go-fer boy”. “Go for this, go for that” meaning I would always run around and fetch tools and do simple tasks.
Pretty sure it’s an old businessman thing. “Go for (my name)!” in a cock-sure tone is pretty much how I would expect any old business hot-shot asshole to answer the phone.
The only time I have ever heard this used was “Go for Papa Palpatine.” on Robot Chicken.
And I’ve habitually called him Papa Palpatine ever since.
“go for” sounds like the kind of expression a British BBC sitcom would use to exemplify American language. Even though Americans never say it.
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I think they’re saying “go for John”. I saw it on a movie once and thought “huh” and my buddy Chris did it a couple times, but that’s about all my IRL experience with it.
You see in the US there are secret underground copies of all of our houses and gopher versions live there.
They are making it clear if you are speaking to John or Gopher John.
Sorry, for real I’ve never heard this before. Can you tell us where you heard it from? I’m really curious now.
American here, and I’ve never heard anyone seriously answer the phone this way. I did have a co-worker who would answer “Go for Mike” as a joke when he knew the caller. I had the impression it was from silly comedy or sit-com or meme that went around for a while.
We would say, “go for (name)” at work over the handheld radio, never heard of anyone using this on the phone. Sometimes I’d get bored and say “go for Zap Rowsdower” or whatever
I’m American and I don’t answer my phone.
On the rare occasion I do answer, I respond with “Whatcha want?”
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It’s uncommon, I’ve heard it used every once in a blue moon like Barney Stinson (HIMYM) answering his phone and I haven’t seen a definitive answer other than indicating to the caller that he, Barney, is the one answering the phone.
Go for john
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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”
“<whatever Alex needs to say to John>”
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
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Is this the same context in which you heard it?
