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joebanks in cleveoh

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Mar 02, 2010 22:56

When I grew up, we called them "chuck holes", now it's "pot holes". What gives?

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und1sk0 March 3 2010, 04:15:33 UTC

I propose "road goatse".

chuck holes mcganndoc March 3 2010, 14:00:51 UTC

Growing up in Cleveland I always knew them as chuck holes because the winter damage to the road made holes big enough to swallow Chuck (and sometimes his whole family!).

Re: chuck holes joebanks March 4 2010, 04:15:38 UTC

Poor Chuck.

thd3 March 3 2010, 14:14:47 UTC

I haven't heard the term chuck holes since the '80s.

roses_rejoice March 3 2010, 17:53:11 UTC

We've always called them "potholes", I grew up in Cleveland from 60s through 80s.
I suspect there's just more than one term for the dumb things.

marence March 3 2010, 18:43:14 UTC

Is it an east side /west side thing, maybe? I know the Plain Dealer prefers "pot holes" as does Channel 19's newscasters.
Chuck holes, here; west side.

joebanks March 4 2010, 04:14:37 UTC

Is that it? I'm west side.

wonderwonder March 5 2010, 06:22:59 UTC

i'll third that- my mother (old brooklynite for 50+ yrs) calls em chuck holes. i always assumed the chuck part had something to do with their resemblance to the divots woodchucks would gnaw in wood. hmm..