Holy crap! All these years I thought his name was 'Chalk' - Muriel's Wedding (1995) Discussion

[–] ch201142 16 years ago

chuck rhymes with f-ck. man i'm italian and canandian and i know that!

Forget hoof-and-mouth disease, I'm gonna get poo-in-mouth disease. Mike Rowe

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

I still like Chalk better.

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That's Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] rhps2000 16 years ago

"Chook" is slang for "chicken". He kinda looks like one when he's going after Nicole at his wedding reception (his profile and mannerisms). :-)

Sedagive?!!!

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

Thanks for clearning this up. Now I understand when Rhonda says to Tania, "Turkey, right?"

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] rhps2000 16 years ago

De nada. :-)

Love your signature too. It's a major award! A statue! Yeahhh, a statue. ;-)

Sedagive?!!!

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

**It's a major award! A statue! Yeahhh, a statue. ;-)**

LOL!

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] lei3 16 years ago

Really? Its Chook?! I always thought it was Chalk too! hahaha!

"An entire generation of Cinderellas and there's no glass slipper coming..." - Almost Famous

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[–] TeamEdwardAllTheWay 16 years ago

yeah i know same CHALK CHOOK sound similarish with an aussie accent i spose?!

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[–] Flossieandflo 16 years ago

I got the 'chook' bit but spent the whole film harbouring under the hilarious misapprehension that Muriel came from a place called Pauper's Spit, it wasn't until the very end when they drove off past the sign I realised it was 'Porpoise Spit'.

Duh.

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[–] edorapietrafesa 16 years ago

hysterical. pauper's spit! wow. so funny. i always thought they were saying "chuck". not "chook". but i did get porpoise's spit. i live in north carolina and there's actually a place called lizard's lick. i'm absolutely serious. jesus!

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

**there's actually a place called lizard's lick**

LOL!

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] BethH24 16 years ago

lol at lizard's lick and pauper's spit !! I'm in hysterics ! .Is lizard's lick in australia too ?

I always thought they said chalk aswell,lol !

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[–] SenoritaTorres 16 years ago

I thought it was Chalk. I thought 'Who's called Chalk, even as a nickname?' and then I found out that Chook was Aussie slang for chicken, remembered Rhonda saying 'Turkey', put two and two together, and figured it out. (and I er, got it from the subtitles on the DVD)

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[–] velocirrober 13 years ago

My dentist's real name is Chalk Fry. Google it... he is in Cincinnati.

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-Ken Park

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[–] badponymedicine 13 years ago

Let's not forget French Lick, Indiana!!!!

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[–] am_buglet_82 11 years ago

I thought it was Pauper's Spit too, until I saw the sign! xD

-Amanda

"She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in storybooks written by rabbits"

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[–] Flossieandflo 11 years ago

I thought it was Pauper's Spit too, until I saw the sign! xD

Thanks for that reply, it's over 5 years since I wrote that post and I'd forgotten about it - coming back and reading these comments has been fun.

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[–] scissorhands__emily 16 years ago

I got where they lived wrong too! But I thought it was some place where it was pronounced Pop-A-Spit so everytime they said it it made me laugh. When I saw Porpoise Spit I was OH. I never realized the guy's name was Chook though; I totally thought it was Chalk too. I was reading one of the boards on here and people were mentioning the character Chook and I was like who the heck are they talking about.

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

See? I'm glad I'm not the only one who was Chookless. That's why the whole exchange between Rhonda and Tania always confused the hell out of me:

RHONDA: "How are you?"
TANIA: "Married."
RHONDA: "Muriel told me! Turkey, right?
TANIA: "Chalk." (or so I thought)
RHONDA: "Chalk ... that's right! Well, congratulations!"

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] morilee 16 years ago

That makes it all the more hilarious. I thought it was Chawk/Chalk. Hmm.

There was definitely no "oooo" sound when they said his name.

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

**That makes it all the more hilarious**

LOL! For years I was always like, "Those crazy Australians!"

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] jreese21 16 years ago

I thought his name was Chuck.

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[–] Useless_Chick_23 16 years ago

LMAO! Even better!

"FRA-GEE-LAY. That must be Italian!"
"I think that says 'fragile', honey."

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[–] alicorna 14 years ago

"There was definitely no "oooo" sound when they said his name."

Chook rhymes with book, took, and shook. It's a short double-O, not a long one, which would be more along the lines of tool, school, dood (okay, that last one may be a joke... ;)).

I understand how it would be misunderstood by non-Australians. "Chook" is a pretty unusual bit of dialect to the rest of the English-speaking world. :)

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[–] chrmnl 13 years ago

Chook is a very common nickname in Australia. My daughter is called "chook" for a pet name. It is just slang for chicken. You could probably find his last name was Fowler or something else similar that could be called bird related. Every person I know whose last name is Fowler ends up being called "chook".

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[–] bubbajo 13 years ago

lol i can get how people would think that. i never had a problem with chook and knew it stands for chicken (i first watched this when i was really young). Its strange how there are some words you know but don't know how you know them. I must have watched a lot of australian tv growing up.

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[–] badponymedicine 13 years ago

No, his real name was Peter Vernell, as Muriel tells Rhonda at the buffet when they meet up at Hibiscus Island.

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[–] alicorna 12 years ago

"Chook" is not a word used anywhere else. Try telling an Englishman or an American that you want to organise a "chook raffle" and they'll look at you like you're insane.

My comment that it was unusual was not that it is unusual inside Australia (obviously, it isn't), but that it's unique to Australia as far as English dialects go.

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[–] mcgmcgmcg 11 years ago

I won a chook raffle at the pub a couple of weeks ago.
Came with a meat tray as well!

No cash here!! Here, no cash!!! Cash, no!!!! Robbo? No Cash!

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[–] badponymedicine 13 years ago

See, I thought they said "Chuck", or "Chuk", after hearing the 'turkey' remark, as in Eastern Washington there is a small game bird called a chukar, and a business that sells chocolate covered dried cherries and other fruits, called "Chukar Cherries" and it has a little bird logo.

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[–] wryterzblock 9 years ago

LOL! So glad I'm not the only one. Sometimes I have to watch these movies with the subtitles because the accents give me a hard time.

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[–] iminheatlikeacat 8 years ago

This thread is me upon the realisation Kregg from South Park is actually Craig.

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