I'm easily amused

Getting a company name right for use in an international setting is pretty challenging when you think about all the possible combinations of words that have unintended meanings in varioius cultures. In Helsinki, there are a number of company names that either sound funny [ scoopy-doo ] or are just tragically amusing, but Fuktor never fails to make me smile. It's a company whose expertise is water removal after a mishap with pipes, etc. Since "F" is not a letter native to Finnish, I figured it must be a Swedish name but, if google is right, it's a name of Scottish origin. Fuk = fuck and Tor = rocky crag or hill...Fuck hill in Scots? :) I wonder if they're related to the awfully tired FCUK people who think it a terribly clever joke because you are embarrassed to admit that whenever you see that word you always see fuck first before fcuk.

Fuktor can, apparently, also be a first name. Can you imagine the cruelty of having to answer to your mother yelling, "FUKTOR!", or having a nickname of "Fuk!" or kids calling you the "Fukinator" or "Fukface"? I've never met a Fuktor so likely they have all changed their legal names as soon as they possibly could. It's a terrific sounding word though and would make an excellent swearing word..."Oh, FUKTOR! I lost my wallet!" :)