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I've noticed that I use two different vowel sounds for that "a". If I think of Starla as "an 80's style name like Carla", I say the a with my mouth more closed and my tongue further back. But if I think of the fact that it has the word "star" in it, I say the a like I would in "star", which is apparently different from how I'd say it in Carla -- more open mouth, longer syllable, more AH. I have no idea how to write the difference phonetically but it's definitely a thing and I wondered if you've noticed differences in how people say your name.