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Ben Stiller: 'Meet the Fockers' avoided R rating by finding real person named Focker to show the MPAA (variety.com)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Apparently, Fück is an actual, if not particularly common, surname in the German-speaking world.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m German and I’ve never heard of that name. I’m sure it exists but it must be extremely rare.

There used to be a town in Austria called „Fucking“ but they renamed themselves to Fugging in 2020.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 8 months ago

They only did so because English-speaking tourists kept taking selfies with and/or stealing the signs.