I have a friend who is an English expatriate. He told me a story about live (this is important) radio broadcast interviewing a pilot from the Battle of Britain. He kept making references to the "focker". The "focker" went this way. The "focker" went up. Finally, the interviewer decided to clarify:
Interviewer: We would like to remind our audience that "Focker" was a type of plane flown by the Germans in the Battle.
Pilot: Yeah, but this focker was a Messerschmidt!
Interviewer: We would like to remind our audience that "Focker" was a type of plane flown by the Germans in the Battle.
Pilot: Yeah, but this focker was a Messerschmidt!
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