Oddly the name Dick is spelled and pronounced just like the slang term for a man's penis in the English language. You would think that would offend American puritanical sensibilities but the name is quite common.
In Holland there's a famous 90s detective show with a main character surnamed 'De Cock'. One of his 'catchphrases' is that upon being introduced to someone, he explicitly spells out C-O-C-K to them (because in Dutch the typical spelling is K-O-K), which means 'cook'.
Despite the fact that Dutch people are often fluent in English, and despite the fact that we even had a prime-minister with the name 'Kok', there's a surprisingly low number of jokes, in my opinion, involving this particular surname. I guess somehow the context switch from Dutch to English is big enough that it's just not all that funny.
Despite the fact that Dutch people are often fluent in English, and despite the fact that we even had a prime-minister with the name 'Kok', there's a surprisingly low number of jokes, in my opinion, involving this particular surname. I guess somehow the context switch from Dutch to English is big enough that it's just not all that funny.