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^This.

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It's not a bad name, and I actually like some of her stuff, but she's all I can think of when I hear it. I even knew a Mariah IRL, and I still couldn't shake Ms. Carey.

yup

Exactly

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But when it's pronounced mah-REE-ah, instead of mah-RIE-ah, I think of my grandmother's name and thus of my middle name, although it's spelled Maria.