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Wellesley for a boy. Opinions?
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I actually quite like it. Its kinda handsome :)
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I like it, but.....I like Wesley, too, and prefer Wesley because it's less fussy and easier to say than Wellesley.
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It's pretentious. But not really worse than, say, Spencer. It wouldn't be very shocking.However, I think he'd be the only boy there. (joke) Wellesley is for women - that's fairly well-known, isn't it? (I immediately thought of the school)Wellesley is a private, nonprofit liberal arts college for women located 12 miles west of Boston in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Considered one of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country ...

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I immediately thought of the school, too.It's kind of hard to say for some, though it would make a handsome name... all I can think of is the school for women. :)
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Makes me think of a smash-up of Wesley and Leslie. Also, is it pronounced WELLS-lee or wel-LES-lee? My money's on the former, but my brain insists on saying the latter...I don't like it. It seems overcomplicated and faux-upperclass.
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Pronounced like the college
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My first thought? Looks like a little kid trying to say Wesley. I don't like it.
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