GRGR(5): note on Katje

[Nicole Slagter]

There's been some speculation on Katje's name--possible puns like 
`catch ya' or `got ya' were suggested. Fwiw: `Katje' is not a dutch 
girl's name, though `Katja' is. `Katje' actually means `little cat', 
or, umm, `pussy'. Another low pun? This ties in to a fine post rj 
wrote about a week ago:

>But, Katje's entrance, "as she moves deliberately nowhere longlegged
>around the rooms", signals another species of control, another
>epistemology, the demesne of the "vaginal "O" (?)" as Keith lovingly
>phrases it, perhaps.

While on this subject: `Borgesius' is a dutch surname, but a fairly 
uncommon one; `Piet' and `Wim' are about as generic as you can get.

I think Katje has been judged overly harshly on the whole. Why would 
she have risked her life joining the Resistance in the first place if 
not for some idealistic motive?

We dutch girls stick together ...

Nicole