Posted by annemarie (212.238.33.13) on February 28, 2001 at 14:28:40:
In Reply to: Is Joke a nickname or a term of affection? What does it posted by Bennie Sue on February 28, 2001 at 13:40:42:
short for Johanna, initially. Boys called Johannes could be anything from Jan to Johan to Hans or plain Jo.
"ke" usually is a diminuitive. Interestingly, I was registered as Annemarieke, but it never took.
Keep well, annemarie