The Dimunitive AGAIN

What can I say? I'm fascinated.

A have a few friends whose names end in -ke. I learned last week that this is another version of the dimunitive. So little Mary is Maria-ke, or shortened to Marike. Cute, I think.

Even cuter, though, are when Dutch people (usually men who stand at 7 feet something at least) call Rebecca, "Rebeccatje". Yes, it really happens, and I love it. Somehow Bethje or Bethke don't have the same ring to it...