# Friar Tuck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 30, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110 "2003-11-30T21:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![juanjuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@juanjuan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juanjuan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/1 "2003-11-30T21:00:41Z")
Try as I may I can’t get the spelling joke. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/2 "2003-11-30T23:21:29Z")
[Why did author William Faulkner change the spelling of his name?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_296a.html) I suppose. I imagine you’re trying too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/3 "2003-12-01T11:55:11Z")
I’m assuming it’s a reference to the comical potential of Spoonerism … Julie ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/4 "2003-12-01T12:08:13Z")
It can be difficult to see these offhand references… F(riar T)uck me! I’ve got it! ---
**Author:** ![factorylife5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@factorylife5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/factorylife5)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/5 "2003-12-02T03:52:22Z")
glee suggests that cecil meant that if the name were friar tuck, it would have been misspelled friar F\*ck… so how much effort did he put into it? not much if that was the inteded notion because the different spelling in faulkner’s name invoved an unneccesary U not a F… so either Cecil did not do a good job making very many of us laugh, or we are still missing something… This is my first post, so congratulate or haze me. Or whatever the policy is around here … good posting to y’all… Joel ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/6 "2003-12-02T04:49:10Z")
As **Rube E. Tewesday** remarked in 2001 in another thread, > [@](#): > > I note, however, that for the electronic version, the final joke has been changed from the one I remember. “He was lucky his name wasn’t Friar Tuck” is funny, but I thought the original "He drew the line, however, at ‘The Sound and the Furry’ " was hilarious. I agree, and suggest you buy the books. Then you’ll be able to make similar comments. And, it might just get us a new server. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/7 "2003-12-02T08:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > It can be difficult to see these offhand references… > > F(riar T)uck me! I’ve got it! I’m afraid you haven’t. A real spoonerism would be **Try A F\*ck**. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/8 "2003-12-02T11:23:45Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by factorylife5 \* > glee suggests that cecil meant that if the name were friar tuck, it would have been misspelled friar F_ck… > Joel Welcome to the boards! 😃 Actually I suggest that it would have been misspelled F\*ck. Rather weak, but Cecil is only human (probably). :smack: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Floater \* > I’m afraid you haven’t(got it). A real spoonerism would be Try A F_ck I didn’t say it was a spoonerism. (read the thread) So it’s you who hasn’t got it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/9 "2003-12-02T12:55:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by glee \* > I didn’t say it was a spoonerism. (read the thread) Perhaps you didn’t, but Shrinking Violet did, and as far as I’m concerned that’s the funniest way to get it wrong. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friar-tuck/216110/10 "2003-12-02T13:31:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Floater \* > Perhaps you didn’t, but Shrinking Violet did, and as far as I’m concerned that’s the funniest way to get it wrong. 😉 I may have misread your tone (glee blows raspberry). You accused me of ‘not getting it’ (glee throws custard pie). But (solemnly) **you** were the one who didn’t read the thread! (dump truck pours manure over Floater)