# Wallace & Gromit: What does "Chuck" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123 "2006-02-18T21:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/21 "2006-02-19T22:11:02Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/22 "2006-02-19T23:21:52Z")
> [@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 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/23 "2006-02-20T00:38:44Z")
> [@Dominic Mulligan](#): > > Oi! ```auto '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? ``` ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/24 "2006-02-20T21:07:44Z")
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: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/25 "2006-02-20T21:32:32Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/26 "2006-02-20T21:43:15Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123/27 "2006-02-20T21:56:31Z")
> [@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. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallace-gromit-what-does-chuck-mean/345123.md?page=1)