Wallace & Gromit: What does "Chuck" mean?

[Scissorjack]

@Alan Smithee

Is British slang really better than American, or does it just sound that way to us Yanks?

British swearing is definitely way ahead.

[Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party]

@GorillaMan

Ignore this northern propaganda. (I have a Yorkshire friend who emigrated, and has taken three years to learn how to pronounce ‘bucks’ without sounding like a tourist)

Oi!

Correct pronunciation Southerner pronunciation

Buzz Bus
Curt ins Curtains
Purp ul Purple
Bath Barth
Look Luck
Am Ham

[GorillaMan]

@Dominic Mulligan

Oi!

'Correct' pronunciation     Southerner pronunciation  Suffolk pronunciation

Buzz                               Bus                             Bahs
Curt ins                          Curtains                       Cur'ns
Purp ul                           Purple                         Dark red
Bath                               Barth                          Pond
Look                               Luck                           Lark
Am                                 Ham                            WTF?

[rjung]

As a W&G geek, I’ll point out that Wallace calls Gromit “Chuck” at the start of The Wrong Trousers, as he’s giving Gromit his birthday present.

And I’m still pissed that the US release of Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a one-disc release, missing the additional extras on the two-disc UK release – and all of the “Cracking Contraptions” shorts! :mad:

[Loach]

@Spectre of Pithecanthropus

Thanks for the input everyone.

With regard to “Buddy” I have to point out that it doesn’t carry sarcastic overtones unless it’s obviously enunciated that way. It can also be a term of endearment. I’ve heard fathers calling their new baby sons “buddy”.

Isn’t so much sarcastic as archaic. It was in fashion during WW I and after. Everybody was your buddy. No one called my uncle by his real name he was always Buddy. Still used commonly in the military. And on AOL.

[Loach]

@rjung

As a W&G geek, I’ll point out that Wallace calls Gromit “Chuck” at the start of The Wrong Trousers, as he’s giving Gromit his birthday present.

And I’m still pissed that the US release of Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a one-disc release, missing the additional extras on the two-disc UK release – and all of the “Cracking Contraptions” shorts! :mad:

Are these new shorts? If not they are on the disk with the three long shorts, Wrong Trousers etc. Maybe it would be redundant to release them again.

[rjung]

@Loach

Are these new shorts? If not they are on the disk with the three long shorts, Wrong Trousers etc. Maybe it would be redundant to release them again.

Unfortunately for me, I got an earlier release of the three W&G films that doesn’t have the “Cracking Contraptions” shorts. So either I go without, or I have to re-buy the films once more just to get the extras.