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What happens if you prefer the Maria spelling but still want to pronounce it as ma-RYE-ah?
Maria and Mariah are closely related, so why not? I live in California so I've met a lot of Marias in my lifetime with the usual pronunciation. So this is seems a bit fresh to me.
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Maria and Mariah are closely related, so why not? I live in California so I've met a lot of Marias in my lifetime with the usual pronunciation. So this is seems a bit fresh to me.
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I honestly think it's best avoided because it would be really inconvenient to have.
As someone with a name that has a LOT of variant spellings (and I have one of the least common variants), it's annoying to have to constantly correct people, spell out my name (which is a must any time someone has to write it down or look it up), repeat it, and still have people get it wrong. It's an annoyance that I have to live with for the rest of my life.
It would be even tougher for someone who has an extremely common name, pronounced differently. It's not even a variant pronunciation (like AHN-dree-ya for Andrea), it would be like pronouncing Sarah as SAHR-ah or Jennifer as juh-NEE-fer. It would NEVER be said right by anyone who sees it on paper, and more than likely the kid would just give up on the correct pronunciation and just go by Maria (pronounced muh-REE-a) because it's easier.
Don't get me wrong, I love my name and I'd never want to change it. But it can be a pain in the tail. Someone named Maria (pronounced Mariah) would have it even worse.
Think about it.
As someone with a name that has a LOT of variant spellings (and I have one of the least common variants), it's annoying to have to constantly correct people, spell out my name (which is a must any time someone has to write it down or look it up), repeat it, and still have people get it wrong. It's an annoyance that I have to live with for the rest of my life.
It would be even tougher for someone who has an extremely common name, pronounced differently. It's not even a variant pronunciation (like AHN-dree-ya for Andrea), it would be like pronouncing Sarah as SAHR-ah or Jennifer as juh-NEE-fer. It would NEVER be said right by anyone who sees it on paper, and more than likely the kid would just give up on the correct pronunciation and just go by Maria (pronounced muh-REE-a) because it's easier.
Don't get me wrong, I love my name and I'd never want to change it. But it can be a pain in the tail. Someone named Maria (pronounced Mariah) would have it even worse.
Think about it.
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