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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re going to have to let it go. That’s a very common pronunciation. It’s more of regional thing than an actual pronunciation, but also you can correct them by saying Wesley like Elvis Presley. [/quote]

Won't work. I say Elvis Prezlee...it must be a regional accent.[/quote]

LOL, me too!

I think that once your baby is born, the more you call him WESS-lee, the more people will pronounce it correctly. Wes is a great nickname ... I'd use that for the most part. [/quote]

I think the problem is that many (most?) people won't perceive this as a pronunciation difference (versus, as some have said before, an accent difference).  I would make an effort to remember if someone is a Ma-da-LINE versus a Ma-da-LYNN, or an ahn-DRAYuh versus and ANN-dree-uh, but I don't think I would even register if someone was using a z-ish s or a softer s in Wesley (or Presley).

I do think I can hear this difference, at least, so if you use it AND explain, people may get it.  There are some names with pronunciation differences I can neither perceive nor produce, to the great disappointment of some Erin/Aarons and Don/Dawns I have met.  I also once met a Mary who insisted I was saying Merry not Mary, and I am completely incapable of understanding whatever distinction that is. [/quote]

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