Date:  Sun, 19 Mar 1995 07:50:15 -0500

From:  Heilan Yvette Grimes <HEP2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: chuck hole/pot hole



>Is chuck/pothole regional, age-related or both? And, btw,

>who was Chuck? I suppose someone will tell me that a chuck is

>some piece on the axle of a horsedrawn wagon that broke or

>fell in.

>--

>Joan Livingston-Webber  webber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]unomaha.edu



Probably regional. I grew up in Southern Ohio and had relatives from

Kentucky. Chuck hole was the term used. I moved to New England and have never

heard the term (they use Pot hole) and when I used the term Chuck hole they

didn't know what I was talking about. (Kinda like Frappe in New England for a

very runny unthick shake.)



--Yvette