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Mar 8, 2016 09:48
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English term

P.Johnson

English Marketing Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
P.Johnson
Like your suiting with just a soup{ut2}on of Savile?
You're in luck, Chuck.
Responses
3 +5 mate, pal, friend
3 +2 just a touch...
4 P. Johnson Tailors
4 Dear

Discussion

Charles Davis Mar 8, 2016:
I don't think it's being used as the regional term of endearment; I think it's a general-purpose name, like John, or Pepe in Spain: "default" names used to address someone whose name you don't know. I think Chuck was chosen simply because it rhymes with luck. They might as well have said "Give us a call, Paul".
B D Finch Mar 8, 2016:
@Jack Chicken could well have something to do with it, because I believe "chuck" and "cluck" had the same origin, as the sound hens make. Hens are considered to be good mothers, so a hen'a call of "chuck" to her chicks might have been taken as a term of endearment.
Jack Doughty Mar 8, 2016:
Surely not "chook"? "Chook" in Australian means chicken, but I doubt if that has anything to do with it...
Yvonne Gallagher Mar 8, 2016:
P.Johnson Tailors...which is what the headword is and therefore should be the question, is Australian so a UK English meaning is more likely and "chuck" does mean "dear" (and not just in Northern England either as I'd understand it as that meaning.) It also means "Charles in a US setting.
philgoddard Mar 8, 2016:
Jack I'm surprised you haven't heard of "chuck". It's used in the Midlands too, and it means the same as "duck". But I'm not sure it's the answer.
philgoddard Mar 8, 2016:
Jack should get the points in my opinion, since your question was unclear. You didn't say which word(s) you were asking about.
Jack Doughty Mar 8, 2016:
Either of us could be right I haven't heard of "Chuck" as a term of endearment, but I'm not from the North.
I don't think the reference to Savile Row necessarily rules out a US setting.
philgoddard Mar 8, 2016:
There are two possibilities for "Chuck". If this is a British text, as BD points out, "chuck" is a term of affection. Or it could be Chuck, a name presumably chosen solely because it rhymes with "luck". It doesn't really mean anything, it's just a joke.
B D Finch Mar 8, 2016:
@Jack The meaning here is northern English, not US and nothing to do with "Charles".
Ivan Niu (asker) Mar 8, 2016:
Thanks a lot, Jack!
Jack Doughty Mar 8, 2016:
Chuck = Charles In US English, "Chuck" is a familiar form of the name Charles. (Not in UK English, in which the familiar form is "Charlie")
Ivan Niu (asker) Mar 8, 2016:
Chuck Sorry..... Actually I want to ask the meaning of Chuck in this context...

Responses

+5
29 mins
English term (edited): chuck
Selected

mate, pal, friend

What's up, Chuck?

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Note added at 41 mins (2016-03-08 10:29:56 GMT)
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Just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
(Paul Simon)
Peer comment(s):
agree Louisa Tchaicha : I think it means "pal" here
1 hr
agree Charles Davis : You get my vote largely for quoting the Paul Simon song, which instantly came to my mind. It's there for the rhyme.
2 hrs
right, like 'What's the story, Rory'
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
5 hrs
agree Victoria Britten
10 hrs
agree acetran
6 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot for your very helpful explanation!"
20 mins

P. Johnson Tailors

it's a company that tailors suits if that's what you're asking?

https://pjt.com/about
https://pjt.com/

otherwise, as Jack says, "soupçon" (note spelling) is a French word used in English and means a smidgeon or tiny bit, a hint
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+2
9 mins
English term (edited): soupçon

just a touch...

P.Johnson
Like your suiting with just a soup{ut2}on of Savile?
You\'re in luck, Chuck.
What P. Johnson means is:
Would you like your suit to look a little as if it had been made in Savile Row? (A street in London where all the best tailors are located)
We can do that for you, Chuck.

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Note added at 23 mins (2016-03-08 10:11:23 GMT)
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Chuck = Charles, see discussion.
Note from asker:
Dear Jack, thanks for your answer. Do you know the meaning of Chuck here? I made a wrong entry when asking the question. Thanks in advance!
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : I don't know why the question header is "P. Johnson", but I'm assuming that (a) this is the bit that Ivan is asking about, and (b) it's not a reference to Jimmy Savile!
4 mins
Thank you. No, I'm sure Savile Row didn't approve of Jimmy's clothes.
agree acetran
6 days
Thank you.
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20 mins
English term (edited): p.johnson ... Chuck

Dear

"Chuck" is a northern English expression that means "dear". I am sure it would not be used by a Savile Row tailor!

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Note added at 34 mins (2016-03-08 10:22:52 GMT)
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It is an informal affectionate form of address.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/198.htm...
"What is the meaning and origin of "tara chuck"...we yanks haven't got a clue?
.... It means 'good bye, my dear (or any endearment you prefer)'. It is North West of England dialect."

"

The sweet war-man is dead and rotten; sweet chucks,
beat not the bones of the buried: when he breathed,
he was a man. But I will forward with my device.
To the PRINCESS
Sweet royalty, bestow on me the sense of hearing."

Shakespeare, "Love's Labor's Lost" Act V, Scene II.
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : Possibly, but the name Chuck is more likely, as your "chuck" is usually pronounced "chook", which doesn't rhyme with "luck" in standard British English. Also, they've used a capital letter.
15 mins
Part of my youth was misspent in Manchester and "chuck" always rhymed with "luck" when I heard it there! The vowel sound of both was halfway between London pronounciation and "look" and "bus" had the same "u" as "sugar".
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