I've never heard of anyone named that, particularly not a guy.
And it doesn't seem to be a nickname that was simply pinned on him, because when he feels so scared and asks DeeDee to just say his name, she calls him Gal (rather than some other given name).
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his name's gary. although no gary i know is nicknamed gal, either.
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Oh, thanks big. I guess I could have found that out from the IMDB cast list LOL but I must not have checked.
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Here's something I just found on a message board:
Yea thats how we do it in the UK (and Aus and NZ) anything with a Y (and/or L) in it we add Z's to it. Like if your name were Gary - Gazza, Meryl - Mezza, Maz or Mez. Even referring to Mosquitos - 'Mozzies's'.
Basically a new way to *beep* up names really. Another weird one is how us (in London not sure about up north) subtract letters from ppls names as nicknames.
Like Gary becomes Gal, Dave may become Dal or Daz. lmao. Its weird!
I had a mate called Gary & his dad used to call him 'gal' while we ( his mates ) called him Gaz or Gazza. I had another mate called Gary & we used to call him 'Garth'but I think it was cos' he was more sophisticated.......if that makes sense lol
sharei think americans are the last people who should laugh at people's names with the godawful monikers so many of you lot get lumbered with. gal is a shortened slang version of gary or maybe gareth typically only used in the greater london area.
shareThis isnt a new thing , in fact its the opposite. All through the 1970s I was always called Bal, moved out of London and I was mostly called Baz or Bazza. If i meet up with another Londoner they often revert back to Bal. Changing it to Baz, Gaz ,Maz or whatever is something i only noticed being used from the early 80s.
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My son in law is Gal and spells it the same. Real name Gary.
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Ita a name i have heard in the past as short for Gary, more usually it is Gaz though. My own mame is Daz and ocassionally in the past some people have called me Dal, not many though.
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His last name isn't Gallagher. His name is Gary Dove. "Gal" the the British nickname for Gary.
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It's a London thing, Gal is short for Gary.
When I moved to Norfolk no one knew what I was talking about when I would call people called Gary "Gal" as everyone else called them Gazza or Gaz.
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Oh OK thanks Geoffrey.
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^ This.
I'm orignally from London but now live in Nottingham.
So there's a bloke at work called Gary - I instantly called him Gal.
After a while, I get asked why am I calling Gary, 'Gail'!
So I explain it's Gal, not Gail and it's just a London thing. Gary would be 'Gal', Barry would be 'Bal' etc.
In the end, I stopped calling him Gal because it would just get on my nerves that people kept mentioning it! LOL
It's all about changing two syllable names with at least one R in the middle into a one syllable name ending with a L but keeping the same first vowel.
So yes Gary becomes Gal, Terry becomes Tel, Derek becomes Del.
And it's an old custom- Shakespeare was into it. Remember in "Henry IV" how the future Henry V becomes first Harry and then Hal.