# Addressing Charlie Brown as such **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343 "2001-12-07T01:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/1 "2001-12-07T01:37:39Z")
Was it ever disclosed in the strip or by Schulz why Charlie Brown is always addressed by first AND last name? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/2 "2001-12-07T02:03:01Z")
Always? Marcie calls him “Charles.” Patty calls him “Chuck.” Sally calls him “big brother.” Snoopy calls him “that round-headed kid.” What’s this “always” business? Anyway, on page 28 of _Peanuts: A Golden Celebration_, Charles Schulz says: > [@](#): > > **At this time, I was working at the correspondence school, Art Instruction, and one of my closest friends, who also worked there, was named Charlie Brown. He was a very bright young man with a lot of enthusiasm for life. I began to tease him about his love for parties and I used to say, “Here comes good ol’ Charlie Brown, now we can have a good time.” So when I created this new character I thought it was only considerate to ask for permission to use his name.** So, my guess is, people refer to Charlie Brown by his full name because that’s how Charles Schulz used to taunt his friend. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/3 "2001-12-07T02:24:27Z")
I’ve never heard C.B. addressed as “suc” so I added an _h_ to the thread title. I’m afraid my version isn’t as funny, though. bibliophage moderator GQ (My friends call me _Mister_ Suc.) ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/4 "2001-12-07T04:12:33Z")
In one Sunday strip (I have it in a big book called _The Snoopy Festival_), a girl named “Poochie” visits Charlie Brown. She’s actually coming to see Snoopy, who has doesn’t like her because she threw a stick for him to fetch them left the puppy farm with another puppy. Anyway, Charlie Brown says to her “You were the one who first started to call me Charlie Brown…” So Poochie did it. That would have been my last guess too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/5 "2001-12-07T06:26:33Z")
Sometimes there’s just something about a person and a name that makes people want to call them by both names. I am one of those people. For most of high school and college I was routinely addressed by both my first and last name. They just went well together, and also served to distinguish me, as my first name is very very common (and not carlotta). (That is it served to distinguish me until my brother married someone with EXACTLY THE SAME NAME! First and middle. Couldn’t she at least have kept her maiden name? no she had to be all traditional. Hmph!) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/6 "2001-12-07T06:30:58Z")
Doesn’t somebody call him “block head”? ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/7 "2001-12-07T08:25:00Z")
Lucy ---
**Author:** ![JubilationTCornpone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JubilationTCornpone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JubilationTCornpone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addressing-charlie-brown-as-such/97343/8 "2001-12-07T08:48:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Always? Marcie calls him “Charles.” Patty calls him “Chuck.” Sally calls him “big brother.” Snoopy calls him “that round-headed kid.” \*\* And his mother calls him “waa-wa-waa-wa wa-waa-waa” (or sounds to that effect).