# 'Chevy Chase'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509 "2004-05-17T01:21:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509/21 "2004-05-17T14:24:46Z")

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OK, I hadn’t heard of it, but I’m not surprised. It’s a Washington area regional bank, and I would guess named directly for, or from the same source as the Maryland city. I wouldn’t call it a “really big” bank - it might easily get conflated in people’s minds with Chase, which is.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509/22 "2004-05-17T14:44:04Z")

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Chevy Chase Bank also appears (possibly) larger than it is due to the company’s aggressive approach to placing ATMs in public spots around the MD/DC/VA region. I swear their approach is to place on in every driveway, supermarket, and gas station in the area.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509/23 "2004-05-17T14:47:28Z")

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In 1967, I knew a girl at the U. of Evansville who was from Chevy Chase, Maryland. She pronounced it, “Chubby Chase,” with hard ch sounds in both words, like in chipmunk and itch. She also pronounced Baltimore as “Bawl-duh-mer.” I haven’t seen her since. She’s probably got grandchildren from 2 or 3 ex-husbands.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509/24 "2004-05-17T19:37:16Z")

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> [@yabob](#):
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> OK, I hadn’t heard of it, but I’m not surprised. It’s a Washington area regional bank, and I would guess named directly for, or from the same source as the Maryland city. I wouldn’t call it a “really big” bank - it might easily get conflated in people’s minds with Chase, which is.

I knew it wasn’t Chase Manhattan because I used to work with them.

I think Chevy Chase Bank must be more than a regional MD thing; the only reason I know about it is because I see commercials for it out here in Arizona.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase/245509/25 "2004-05-17T20:50:03Z")

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Nothing to add, except that IIRC, my answer in the thread cited by **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker** was my very first post to the SD.

Also, I have a savings account at Chevy Chase Bank.

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