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who is Jessie?

posted 9 years ago by BrionyT
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Xanthe and Gary mentioned soembody called Jessie. Does anybody know who that is?

[–] davef2 9 years ago

Perhaps Xanthes mother?

[–] bennmatt 9 years ago

Xanthe's mother's name is Brooke. I remember it because she mentioned it when Katherine Kelly Lang did her guest appearance (Lang plays Brooke on The Bold & The Beautiful).

[–] BrionyT 9 years ago

I also think Brooke is her mother. They mentioned both her mother and Jessie. Don't know if Jessie is a man or a woman. Could it be a sibling? or stepfather?

[–] gillianhigham-944-472043 9 years ago

Xanthe's mum is called Brooke.

Jessie could be an friend of Xanthe's or old girlfriend of her dad.

Jesse could could be a male or female. I think Jessie/Jesse will end up being a female.

[–] BrionyT 8 years ago

Another mention of Jessie in today's episode, but still no indication whether it's a man or a woman. It's probably not a boyfriend, because it sounds like Xanthe knows how to find this Jessie person, but she doesn't know how to find her mother

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

Maybe she's Brooke's sister? Or brother if it's Jesse.

[–] PaulWard27 8 years ago

Xanthe's half sister.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

Yep.

Could be interesting if she comes on the show.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

Isn't Jessie Brooke's other daughter?

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[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

We only know that for sure as of a couple of episodes ago. They were all mysterious about her - could even have been a guy as all we had was the name Jessie (could've been Jesse).

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

That's true.

Jesse isn't a common name over here. Jessie is more common. So I just generally assume female.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

I mostly know it from Jessie's Girl (which should be spelled Jesse, I maintain) and I have a friend with the name, but it's not terribly common over here either. I sort of mostly think of Jesse James otherwise.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

I agree, it should be Jesse.

I have a friend called Jesse, he is from Melbourne, so I just assumed it was more common in Aus.

I think of it as being a beachy name, dunno why.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

It annoys me a bit that it isn't.

I don't know many other than my friend.

Maybe. I also associate it with the Carly Simon song.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

Haha, I associate with the junior doctor in diagnosis murder... I think that makes me considerably less cultured than you.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

Oh I liked that show too, and I thought of him as well. It's just not a name used that much, though.

Mind you, currently there are three Billies on Australian TV, so maybe names kind of go in cycles.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

Yeah, they do. I'm not a fan of Jesse as a male name. It's a pseudonym for a wimp, e.g. 'you big jesse'. I really like Hilary, Vivian, and Dorian for men though - so I'm not opposed to unisex names.

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[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

I've actually seen it spelled Jessy (when using it for a wimp), but I know what you mean. I like Evelyn too, though I didn't know Dorian was used for women - but I only know it via Oscar Wilde.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

Female Dorian is quite common in the older generation here.

Oh with a Y for wimp, that's interesting.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

That's interesting. I wonder if Wilde was signalling something now.

I know I've seen it written somewhere as "you great Jessy" and from context it meant wimp.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

I'm not sure Wilde meant owt by it. Maybe he did, I dunno, I just think of it as unisex. Isn't Dory the fish a Dorian?

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

I always look for subtext with Wilde, really. I don't either, just occurred to me. I have no idea, but that would be cute.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

Yeah, could be subtext, I suppose. I'm pretty rubbish at that stuff.

To us, she can be Dorian.

[–] bennmatt 8 years ago

Sometimes I pick up on it and sometimes I wonder what people are seeing, honestly.

She can. I love Dory. Haven't seen her film yet, but I love Finding Nemo.

[–] KoalaPig 8 years ago

If I'm feeling blue or bored I'm more sensitive to it.

Me too. I might try and stream the film tonight.