I love
Jessamine; I love the sound, and the way it's floral but not obviously so. It's better than
Jessica because there's no "ick" in it. I've always loved the nn
Jessie, also. I pronounce it jess-a-min, with a short i.
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And last of all an Admiral came,
A terrible man with a terrible name,—
A name which you all know by sight very well;
But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.
Robert Southey, "The March to Moscow"