Fokje Modder elected ‘shame name’ of 2009

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Radio DJs Coen Swijnenberg (‘swine mountain’) and Sander Lantinga (wholly unremarkable name) have elected their ‘shame name’ for 2009: Fokje Modder.

Fokje had to fight other strong contestants like Constant Lam (‘continuously drunk’), Wil Krikke (‘wants to have sex’), and Englishman Ben Brack (‘have a hangover’) in an involuntary election of the oddest name of the country.

According to NOS Headlines, Fokje (pronounced fok ye) has never been troubled by her name, but she has never been abroad either.

Considering the amount of Fokjes whose last names end in -(e)ma, I would guess the name stems from Groningen.

Last year’s winner was Stanley Messie (‘small Stanley knife’).

Lantinga and Swijnenberg occupy the 4 – 7 pm slot on popular music channel 3FM.

(Photo by Flickr user Thelearnr, some rights reserved.)

7 Comments »

  1. Neil says:

    Fokje Modder, pronounced fuck ya motha in inner-city neighborhoods of Boston such as Dorchester, is a popular invective.

    I think your can hear the words spoken in the movie Gone Baby Gone by the character Helene McCready played by Amy Ryan. What a mouth on that girl.

  2. mare says:

    A girl in my high school class was named Fokje Wellens. Poor girl.

  3. Orangemaster says:

    I still have a hard time with Joke.

  4. Neil says:

    It’s a pretty crude joke. I think it’s usually a disrespectful rebuff, meaning get lost or shut-up or go away.

  5. Orangemaster says:

    Ha, ha no Neil, Joke is a girl’s name in Dutch.

  6. Ineke says:

    Layin Ho is er ook een die bestaat echt in de VS (uit de Jay Leno show; stond in een telefoongids daar).

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